As far as flirting goes, everyone did it including you. As soon as I saw what Andy was doing I pushed him away and went back to the table. You wouldn�...�t answer my calls or even talk to me. Whenever I went to a party you always left. What the hell did I do that was so wrong? ‘What made you hate me? It’s been nearly two years and I’m still not over you, you bastard!’ I couldn’t believe what she just said, she was saying she loved me, at least I think that’s what she was saying. ‘Jake, I know you. Setting the bags on the table, she removed her gloves from her coat pockets and slipped them on again.Returning to Teddy, she dug out her cell phone and copied Gunther’s number to her new burner phone. Then she turned the iPhone off: no telling what issues an identical twin in her younger self’s pocket might cause down the road with Verizon.“It’s Becca,” she typed on the burner’s screen. “I got this burner from Amy this morning, but don’t talk to her, because she don’t know what I’m up to. My. After, they'd returned to the house, undressed and toweled dry before climbing into bed to warm each other with their individual body-heat... and then to find consolation only in the violence of their lovemaking... until they fell into an exhausted sleep.Much later, Shannon awakened her with a kiss. "It's time we got out of here," he said."Oh... I was fast asleep. Has the rain stopped?" Yes. Come on, let's get off this godamned island." Oui... I'm ready, Cheri."He reached for her, bringing her. There was, of course, the last minute, frenzied coupling of men and women who needed each other physically, as well as emotionally, but that didn't take long, what with passions as inflamed as they were.Then, inevitably, there was the pain of leave taking. Couples wanted separate cabs, instead of all being on a shuttle bus, so they could spend as long as possible in each other's company, in private, before they were torn apart by the bureaucracy of the airline, and differing end points.Crystal,.