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........... I didn't fall for his ruse, I just found it very funny!! :lmao:

Happy Birthday, Conner! ............Have a great one!

............Hahahaha!..... Cliffhanger chirping frogs are diurnal live most of their lives on rock precipices, often near emerging writers. Like most frogs, they will hop, but they are also capable of crawling, which aids them in hiding in rock crevices. Though primarily found around rocky areas, they are also common in bookstores. Their primary diet is small insects, though they are known to be partial to barbecue. Their distinctive call, "Cliff-hanger! Cliff-hanger!" can be heard year round. They are highly myopic, and have been known to mistake almost anything for a cliff.

..................Bridget said she found the zodiac and very little of the debris, but claims she recognized them as being from the Ares. She also stated that she did not lie to Sanchez, what she told him was the truth, to the best of her knowledge I still think the debris field left behind was planted. Rachael was planning to leave, as Treb's pointed out, so I beleive she set sail immediately after planting the evidence, for Australia.

:lmao::lmao:............. I love it! Fits!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASMIN!!! .........Have a great one!!!

..... I agree with you on most of this, your analogy on the story is right, but one thing that bothered me was the lack Dirk knowing anything about Bridget, other then the sale of the boat there is nothing on radar to suggest he suspects Bridget. Did Rachel not fill him in because what he doesn't know won't hurt him, or Trevor? The one thing I'm sure of, is that Rachel nor the Ares will not be found at the bottom of the sea in the Bimini. Dirk already in exasperation nearly told Trevor that when he found out he was doing 'solo' explorations for the boat. Another scene can unfold here That said, the cartel has a problem, loose ends that come to them need to be severed. Will George and Bridget make a run for it? Will Julie appear as a friend or foe in the upcoming chapters? The traps are many, the scenarios are circumstantial!

.............I agree!! I'm sure Trevor's mother got it all to start a new life in Australia, just as I'm sure that she discovered Bridget's late husband hiding spot on the Ares. She must of found something that scared the hell out of her enough to fear for her families life to fake the boat accident. Will Bes and Mufid attempt to kill Trevor again? Or will the place be so full of police that they make contact with the Pirates to finish the job? It won't take to long for the Egyptian police to figure out that Trevor was the intended target. I wonder if when they find the other propane tank, Ghassan left any fingerprints (hmm, can finger prints withstand the salt water). Will Bes and Mufid find out by a mole in the police department that gives up Ghassan's name to them? I don't see how they can to link Dirk to another attempt this late in the voyage! It will be an interesting conversation that Detective Gonzales has with his Egyptian counterpart, and with the feds involved, he may finally get more information for his on-going murder case. I'm afraid all Bridget accomplished was to make her look more suspicious. The cartel is not going to be very happy! Great chapter CJ

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREBS!!! ............Hope you have a great one!

............But he has threatened you with salt, isn't even more ominous! Run for your life frog!!!

........ While I don't agree with the rhetoric displayed at either of the posters, I disagree that the counter protest was not productive, the media may or may not have shown up. The WBC's aim at producing lawsuits is fading, people are on to them and as such hundreds held signs and sang out against them. It shows the community doesn't agree with their hate, and it shows the country that they won't allow hate preached. Phelps, must getting desperate, it cost them money to travel around to protest and with nobody to sue anymore.

.........Isn't salt lethal to a frog? I mean a toad may have no problem, but a frog needs his skin wet all the time!!! Could that be construed as a mysterious cliffhanger and threat to an endangered specie??? Yes, Trevor wanted a satellite phone on board, but wind up with a lousy rock, not even the nice shiny ones, but a lousy landscape rock used instead of a lawn.

...................Nice chapter, I knew the cavalry would come to the rescue! But via Brett? Humm, good thing Jake was passed out so long eh? So now we have a disappointed Big Tony, so close to his goal! Well the outting didn't go as planned for Jake, but things don't always go as planned! How is this story going to continue with both Cory and Brett realizing how Jake actually feels? Your James Dean persona is in trouble here, glad to hear dad and Jake make up I guess the realization leaves us with Jake with no academic future, no home and a few thousand bucks. Nice to find out Brett did know Mitch enough for him to spill his guts The painful thing is still there, Cory vs. Jake, Jake being the unrepentant!

Happy Birthday Drewbie! ...........Have a great one!!!

..........How true, isn't fortunate that someone will relieve Trevor of that duty! Wouldn't it be funny if the tank wound up back on the boat carrying Mufid or even Bes? Irony, is best played out with circumstances, and we all know the goat's play on circumstances!! Trevor may never even know of the danger he was in, as it skirts past him! Lucky for him to have paid all that bakseesh!! :lol:

Happy Birthday Kia!! ..............Hope it was a good one!!!

....... Trevor to storekeeper; 'I need some liquid nitrogen' Storekeeper; ' I'm, sorry but I'm out of that today, may I ask why you need it?' Trevor; 'I have discovered a bomb aboard my boat that needs to be cooled down quickly, as my x-ray eyes have seen the dynamite sweating out nitroglycerin' Storekeeper; ' Ah, my brother Hassan has some, but it will cost you, and by the way I have 13 children! Do you have any beer, cartons of smokes?'

........True, but I believe it hasn't hit that volatile point yet, and can be moved once more! I think Bridget will detonate it and stop listening in to Lisa and Joel, before she discovers the mistake.

..........But it didn't go off when it hit the side of the boat, each minute that goes by the nitroglycerin slowly sweats out, it becomes a time race until it becomes volatile. It could go off as you noted or take a week, however we know that Bridget has her finger on the phone, so Trevor has one day left! I beleive Trevor's luck comes in the form of Egyptian greed!

...How f**king true!! (sorry, but honesty is honesty here) The prevalence to kick your kid out of the home, and him/her turning to drugs and prostitution to survive until suicide, was very high back those days. Little wonder most of us didn't come out.

........ I too had an abusive home, but only by the step-dad! I'm curious though without seeking personal information, did any of those therapist clue you in to why you're parents were being ignorant to you're existence?

....... Propane tanks can and will float in water, even full! Errr! Pirates and target shooting?? What a great idea!!

...............Accckkk!! I do not do cliffhangers!!!

.............. A lot of baksheesh going on!! And Ghassan it quite the thief! I wonder.......... "He pulled on a shirt and locked up Atlantis, assuming that she would be safe moored offshore but near the dock." A fair assumption, Great chapter! CJ!