I stepped away.I searched the ship and found a knife and spear. I tossed him a spear also. We ate more fruit, and drank again. I felt strength returni...g. We headed inland to explore the isle.As we passed into the thickness of the woods, we came across a trail heading up to the steep heights in the center of the isle. We followed it, alert."This island isn't quite as lonely as you thought." I guess it isn't."A beautiful youth with only hints of his first beard came crashing out of the trees. James," she added pensively, "this thing of yours, what Connie calls your 'fluence', it's hell on relationships, isn't it? Except yours, of course, James darling." H'm," I said. I supposed I ought to feel guilty that another love affair had bitten the dust on my account but somehow I could not muster the energy."Anyway," Fran went on, "Gabriella stayed in her room last night and Connie's miffed because she was going to have it. She didn't appreciate sleeping on the sofa, and she wanted to move. “Come on then, Sarah,” he says, “Its time to show me your tits.”“What? Don’t be stupid. I’m not going to,” I say.But he pulls me out of the car.“We all want to see them, Sarah,” David says. “Just a peep, that’s all.”“Don’t be stupid, David. I’m not showing you anything.”I get back in the front seat of the car, and they all get back in. I think they have given up, but instead, Jack starts the engine and drives us further down the track into some woods. We stop again.I tell Jack to take me home,. “Girls and boys, women and men,” mom started. “When I came here Tuesday morning, I had a plan to split my supplies between the two days and get as many food containers packed up for delivery as we could each day. With my son’s help, we would load the cooked sides, dessert, and meat into their appropriate locations in a commercial-grade, automated container filling machine. For those here, yesterday afternoon saw how I hadn’t planned to have help arrive who volunteered in every place we needed.