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Zoe looked at him with incredulous disdain "No No, we did not"

Jay looked from face to face and was obviously satisfied with the chorus of denials

"All right, we’ll check it out," Jay said

"Yes, yes Come on, let’s do this," Lew said with his pleasant and easy Baha on Miss Georgia, you’re going to be just fine, honey"

But Georgia shook her head "Travis is dead," she repeated

"I’ll light some torches fro this," Jay said, tired and irritated as they started down the beach "Ia legend, a horror flick, for God’s sake She’s letting it all get to her This is crazy"

Lew chuckled softly "Ah, yes, well, that’s the way it is with A people drink and wander off into the woods or the pines to make love, and then the monster comes upon them They are mistaken This is Bimini There are no e of the beach A pine forest came almost flush with the water after a rise in the landscape

"Nothing," Jay said "There’s nothing out here at all"

Vanessa raised her torch to look around She froze suddenly There was nothing there now, but just feet from her, the sand looked as if it had been raked, and it was damp as well, as if someone had dumped buckets of water twenty feet inland fro a joke on her--on her and Travis,to tie up loose ends, and I guess it’s natural that someone just feels the need to play practical jokes"

"But where is Travis?" Vanessa asked

Leas hunkered down by the disturbed sand "Interesting," he said

"What?" Jay asked

"It does look like so burst outward fro in it," Lew said "As if it erupted, and was then sreat props and special-effects people," Jay said dryly "Let’s get back I’ pill Georgia can take"

"I’an

"I aht!"

"I’ll take Georgia in with me," Vanessa volunteered She surprised herself She hadn’t disliked Georgia; she just found the woht, she felt sorry for her Georgia had dropped out of high school, certain that an actress didn’t need an education She’d spent several years working as a model at car and boat shows, and Jay had discovered her because she’d gotten a local spot on television proia ht not be the most talented actress she knew, but she had been professional and easy to ith She was pretty sure that Georgia had never gotten a lot of support from her parents or anyone else

She also knew that she had been lucky She had been raised by parents who had caredelse in life Her mother and father had been avid historians, readers, writers and divers, and they had done everything in their power to put their two children through college She loved history and she loved diving Her actual forte was in script writing, but in Hollywood, that was a difficult route, with scripts being rewritten so nized your oork at the end, and you seldom received credit for a project, either It had been necessary, in her round, underwater as a natural She was driven and she was passionate about her work, so she’d jumped at the chance to work on this movie when Jay called her

Jay loved horror movies, and they had loved each other forever Not as boyfriend and girlfriend--they had known each other since grade school in the small town of Micanopy, Florida He had a chance with this movie, and she wanted him to have his chance She wanted this chance for herself, too

She had said froot her own tent

But tonight she’d bring Georgia in with her and be awoe plastic cups-- Vanessa was pretty sure they contained sone As Vanessa, Jay and Lew returned, Georgia ju at theia by the shoulders and tried to be calia, all I can think is that Travis is playing soo look for Travis!" Georgia said

"I guess we should," Vanessa said quietly