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"ButWhy would you?"

He laughed A sh "There are only two four bars in the FAYZ, Diana Sooner or later so it over the twisting inside her

"Hey, Quinn Up here!" Caine yelled Then, in an aside, "Bug, disappear Stay ready Itfaded fro easily with the rocking of the boat "Caine Where do I land the boat?"

"No need," Caine said He was grinning hugely now "Sit down and hold on"

Caine stepped to the very edge of the cliff He raised his hands The boat began to rise froae, it floated up and up and carass Caine released it and it tipped onto its side Quinn ju spilled out of the boat

"Well, Quinn, what brings you to Fantasy Island?" Caine asked

"Hey, Diana," Quinn said

Diana didn’t respond She knew Just like Caine knew So Caine back

"Edilio sent uy on earth I expected to be sending"Is Sam dead?"

Quinn started to answer, but Caine interrupted "No, no: letevery-one’s dirty work, taking all the risks, and then catching all the blao perfectly"

Caine relished the hed and said, "Co to eat"

"I’m just here to--"

Caine waved this off and said, "No, no, no, you have to come in I don’t want to stand out here in a bathrobe After all, this is a bigmoment?" Diana said

"My triuhis time," Diana said, but even she didn’t believe it She followed Caine and Quinn back to the house

"Would you like sohtly He could barely contain hi Even as Diana felt the sht Quinn some crackers and cheese and a cookie He didn’t resist but ate them quickly with pleasure he could not conceal

"You knoe have a very nice life here," Caine said expansively "Plenty of food Water Even hot water for showers if you can believe it In fact, ere just lying in bed talking about it"