”“I’m glad you decide to go back to your maiden name after your divorce.”“So am I.”“Tell me Tina is your Dan as good a lover as you say ...e is?”“He certainly is!” She smiled gripping his hand.“Maybe I’ll have to sneak into your bedroom and try him out for myself.”“Mom, you’re on speaker and Dan can hear you.”“Mrs. Hamilton you have a beautiful daughter that I love very much. I’m looking forward to meeting you and your husband.”“You don’t have to be so formal, you can call us Allen and. "I mean, could you check and see if mine is like hers."Nancy nodded and had Jasmine sit on a chair, Bonnie and Della acting as stirrups. She got on her knees and peered at her daughter, her fingers gently pulling her outer lips back. After a moment she barked a short laugh."Oh baby, you've got nothing to worry about. Yours is thin, so thin I'm surprised its still there. It only covers a very small portion of your vagina. You probably won't even feel it when it tears." Jasmine smiled. "Jason, take the mound." I'm not a pitcher," Jason said walking to the base line but not crossing."And if I ask you to pitch, you can remind me of that."Jason ran to the mound."Freshmen," I muttered under my breath. "Let's try that play again." And again. And again. "Okay, time out," I said finally.I looked over at the batting cage. "Coach, can I borrow Robbie, Ricky, and Jake for a minute?"Coach Calloway nodded, though Robbie already had a batting helmet on and looked like she was. He saw a silvery wall rising up to meet him and then he understood.Gas. The seabed had belched up a big ole bubble of gas. He'd heard about this phenomenon. Gas deposits were occasionally released from the bottom and bubbled up in such quantity the water became saturated. It lost its buoyancy. Things that should float stopped floating. It was one of the theories to explain the Bermuda Triangle. He'd seen it on the Discovery Channel.And now he was caught in the same phenomenon.The Cali-Mari.