The incendiary tracers could burn the boats to ashes. “Challenging” was the most apt term I could think of. Parking just in front of the hotel I walked quickly to the pool—deserted–as was the beach. Flying with the sun directly behind us had been a stroke of tactical genius. Then I want you to hustle—and I do mean hustle—down to the fitness center. “We have other weapons—torpedoes, two .50 Caliber Gatling guns, and a five-inch gun on top of the island’s highest point at the dock. Just imagine what could happen if any of you were taken as prisoners or hostages. Going this way meant the runway would end at the sea. I placed Sheena on the bottom across the bed, her head nearest me and her legs facing away. I woke up and had to pee. Indeed, much of the poverty is the direct result of the piracy which has destroyed any tourism that had always been their primary industry.
