I was told ‘Juliet’ had departed half an hour ago on a shakedown cruise after a short refit. ‘The sneaky sods! Stace, see if you can find that ...etective. He’s not to leave ‘the Boonies’ until I’ve had a word with him.’ ‘What are you going to do while I find him?’ ‘I’m going to find his latest report, I must have been sent a copy.’ I called for Elsie, my LC15 unit who had been my compatriot since I arrived here on ‘the Boonies’, to help me find the thing. Elsie had become my confidante while. "Okay," I said,squirming around a little as the tingling kicked up a notch. "I'm allears." First, look at the dressing mirror on the wall over there," she said.I turned my head and looked at the full length mirror on the oppositewall. I could see myself tied to my bed, my arms stretched over myhead, my legs spread, each limb tied to a bedpost. Lilly's lush nakedbody lay next to mine."So I'm looking. What for?" Look closer," she said. "Look at your hair."I looked at my hair. It looked pretty. .."There was a sigh at the other end of the line. "You seem so distant, Rhonda. What's up?" You know what happened, Tom. I just got sick of your attitude... It's not only about Julie... It's... I can't explain... Maybe I just realized I am in the wrong crowd." Yeah, I know what you mean." You do?" Sometimes I think Marlene and Suzie go too far..." Why didn't you say so?" They were your friends, not mine..."Their conversation dragged on for another quarter of an hour until Rhonda made up an. "Do you have any questions?" Uh... yes, who was the girl I saw you guys carrying?" He half expected Cray to say a girlfriend or a cousin, all a harmless prank."Paul's mom."Gregory's hand froze half ways to the chip bowl. The young teen starred up at the chubby boy and saw that he was staring at the hardwood floor before him - obviously not willing to join into the conversation. In fact, Paul looked very embarrassed.As before, Greg's heart began to pound and he started to think this wasn't all.