{"id":3180,"date":"2015-09-09T08:20:16","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T12:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skelleyverse.com\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2016-11-09T14:28:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T19:28:36","slug":"we-head-back-to-the-pier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/we-head-back-to-the-pier\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We Head Back To The Pier&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-24\" src=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/k-avatar.png\" alt=\"k-avatar\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>most likely had a perfect tan<\/li>\n<li>Lazy Canadians<\/li>\n<li>try another flavor<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;You&#8217;re worth it.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>with segmented metal fins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune In Next Time Part 11\u00a0<\/strong><b>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We head back to the pier,&#8221; I said, my mind suddenly connecting the dots. Tessa scowled at me, nodding bitterly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Okay, mister smarty-pants, what&#8217;s the next step in my plan?&#8221; She still had her arms crossed, carrying\u00a0her plentiful bosom like a coed&#8217;s textbooks. Even in this awful light, even just minutes after being drugged into unconsciousness, she was radiant, <em>most likely had a perfect tan<\/em>, probably sans tan lines. My train of thought toppled comically off its tracks.<\/p>\n<p>She laughed at me, but the ice in her gaze was\u00a0melting. &#8220;This is just like that song by <em>Lazy Canadians<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You mean &#8216;<em>Try Another Flavor&#8217;<\/em>?&#8221; I asked. It was about boobs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, silly! I mean &#8216;Pirate Booty,&#8217; the one about treasure buried in the sand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>My\u00a0mental derailment reversed itself. That was it! Everything started with the map, and with whatever lay\u00a0buried amid that dead forest of pilings. But we couldn&#8217;t forget that John had the briefcase, and that he&#8217;d get it open eventually. Tessa&#8217;s smile grew warmer yet, reminding me of when things were better.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sorry for all the kerfuffle,&#8221; I muttered, not sure I wanted her to hear it.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;You&#8217;re worth it.&#8221;<\/em> She put a hand on my shoulder. &#8220;Before we go running off to the pier, we have to think about what we&#8217;ll need when we get there. Some way of excavating the sand, underwater, without being seen. I don&#8217;t even know what that would look like.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I did. It was my own invention, a submersible digging machine <em>with segmented metal fins<\/em>. John didn&#8217;t know about it, no one did. Was I ready to show it to Tessa? 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