Tabhi ek unhoni hui aur usne mujhe chamakte hue bartan mein dekh liya. Woh jaldi se peeche mudi. Aur darwaaze ke pas jaldi se aakar mujhe pura nanga d...kh kar chilla ke bhag gayi. Fir waise bhi main doosre din jane wala tha aur shaam bhi ho gayi thi.To maine jyada tension nahi liye aur kapde pahan kar apne bistar par let gaya. Fir kuch 15 ya 20 minute bad mere darwaze par dastak sunayi di. Main socha koi dost hoga aur darwaza kholne ke liye gaya. Maine jaise hi darwaza khola waise hi maine dekha. I got Jeff and myself a beer from the fridge in the garage and we sat down to talk. "Well, I guess we need to do something about it." Jeff said"About what?" I replied."The $25,000 that dead beat Bob Franklin owes us" Jeff replied.I about choked on my beer. "What the hell are you talking about?"So Jeff goes into the story about how for the past year Bob had been placing bets and just kept rolling it up. If he won he said take it off what I owe you. If he lost he wanted to double up on another. Gavin asked for directions to stay the night. Two blocks away was the Ukrainian version of a B&B. Gavin had stayed in better places on camping trips. The room was sparse: a single bed with a lumpy mattress, a wood chair, and a stand alone closet. The toilet and shower were down the hall shared by everyone including the landlady. Breakfast was included if you can call a boiled egg, toast and coffee breakfast.The next morning, Gavin met Viktoria's mother, a stately proud woman of fifty looking. Isn't it cute?" Kim was giggling as she turned around and showed her father the outfit."You look very nice, Kim. It was nice of Jenny to let you wear it," Bert said.Kathy pulled out of the inlet, called down for everyone to hang on and then sped up. The boat came up on plane and Kathy trimmed it out. Eddie went to the bridge and sat with Kathy as she headed for the first waypoint. The rest of us began getting the rods ready so we'd be prepared when we arrived.Eddie leaned over the rail and.