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"Oh! I did hear about that!" Kelsey said She stared at Liaht up in her own situation, she had forgotten that she had seen their naht on the news Sean O’Hara and the Becketts had gotten involved with a fil the situation in which two people had been brutally murdered on an uninhabited island A docu year

"And it’s over," Vanessa said with a shudder "Next week, I’ dolphins for a public-service feature I’reat," Kelsey said

"Okay, we’re really out of here," Jaden said "It’s wonderful to et in the place on Saturday"

"My pleasure If anyone is allergic to dust, they’re in trouble," Kelsey warned as Ted and Jaden left

It was a warroup, and she was apparently accepted

Sean and Vanessa decided to brave the bouncing coeds and dance; Lia her to dance Just dance And yet…

"Do you re like a cotillion!" she said, grinning

"We can probably stilldrink orders at another table; Jonas and David were deep in conversation She still hesitated

It was a dance, just a dance She wasn’t being sucked back into this actually being her ho

By the ti at the request of the coeds--she was doing a Shakira number, and Liaone too long We have a ue Cuban influence down here--everybody salsas You’ll be fine!"

Oddly enough, it all kicked in Maybe it was like riding a bike

Lia She remembered in ballroom dance, her job was to follow He led well And it was fun, exhilarating She didn’t remember the last time she had been out like this

By the end of the nuged them enthusiastically, then decided to drip their inebriated adoration on Katie

It was too easy to have too much fun To feel his hands on hers, and his arms around her, and feel as if time had evaporated They’d never taken a step past friendship, but then, they’d still been so young…

"This has been wonderful," she said "I think, though, Liaet back home"

"Hey, I can take you," Jonas said "I’," David pointed out

"I’ Kelsey home," Liam said "I want to walk around the place a bit, too"

"The new locks are on, right?" David asked

"Yes I just want to take a walk around the place," Liae Inn, right across from you Clarinda and I are in room one--it’s the left half of the house Our breakfast chef and server are in at five-thirty in the , and we have a bartender at the tiki bar until two am, so if you’re ever nervous at all, someone is there And, of course, don’t hesitate to wake us up!" He rose

"Thanks," Kelsey said "That’s really nice Especially since I was such a pain in the ass as a kid!"

He laughed "Hey, David, tell Clarinda I’ll be back I’o home and check on the B and B for a fewon"

"Will do," David said

When they walked out to Liam’s car, the coeds decided that they were all best friends, too Kelsey endured a round of hugs from the cheerful cheerleaders and their bruiser dates

At the cars, they waved good-night to Jonas

Lia that Duval would be filled with jaywalkers It was seldom an easy street to traverse--except

But the backstreets could be quiet and pretty There were so e for Key West--when the city had boasted one of the highest per-capita incoe of wreckers--had occurred when building had been seen as artistry There were bungalows, shotgun houses and rand dame in Old Town

"Have you missed the place?" Lia her as she surveyed their surroundings

"Of course, I’ve missed it I mean, I think--unless a place were absolutely terrible--you’d rown up there," Kelsey told him

"But you like where you live now," he said

"Yes"

"And you’re in Hollywood," he said