The price is too steep. It’s unthinkable! We need to find another way to make it work.”“Is there some way... any way I can convince you otherwis...?” Kate asks.Lucy shakes her head. “We will have find another way.”“Are you going to stay in this room for another three days?” Kate asks with a heavy sigh.“Has it really been that long?” she asks, not really believing it.Kate gets up and paces over to the dresser on the far wall. She picks up a brush and runs her finger along its bristles. “Yes it. "Hi! I brought a tray of cookies and brownies," she said. She looked around the room. "Actually, I wanted an excuse to come back over and meet this Cindy that everybody talks about." Me?" I squeeked. I stood up. "Hi! I'm Cindy!"Dan stood right behind me. "And I'm her husband, Dan Richards."Alan introduced the lady. "This is my nosey sister, Elise. She met everybody else at the airport." Don't make me sound bad, Alan!" she said. "I've listened to everybody talk about Cindy and I just wanted to. Oh 'verse mine does too. Annie was a good friend, I really wished I had been given more time to know her."That was very nice of her." I give her a grin back. "I did not think Diana would ever give up a weapon once she called it hers." Do ya really think so?" Alys looks horrified at the thought of having to give the weapon back. "She never said..."I ruffle her hair and laugh lightly. "No you silly goose. I was just teasing you." Oh." She looks at me in contrite. She still jumps at shadows and. I looked to my captain, fearful that he would berate me once again for failing to live up to his forty-year expertise, but his eyes were focused beyond the stern of the boat. I followed them to the buoy at the end of the net, saw what he saw. A small black and embryonic head bobbed near our brilliant orange marker, oddly fragile in that harsh sea. ‘Baby sea lion,’ my captain announced with wonderment in his voice. Heedless of our observation, he circled the buoy and danced in the tossing.