Thomas, Ari and Sara pulled onto the pebble paved driveway of the mansion on the beach. The house was beautiful, it was white and seafoam green with enormous windows surronding the whole home. The lawn was perfectly mowed and the grass was a rich green. There were beautiful gardens filled with tropical flowers and small tropical trees and there were fountains placed around the garden. They walked into the home and it's beauty took Ari and Sara's breath away. The interior was mainly white with accents of grey, pale yellow, pale blue and coral. The furniture was made of soft leather or velvet in soft pastel shades and everywhere there was soft candlelight. There were people everywhere and the party was just starting to get crazy. Sara asked Thomas, "Isn't your friend worried about people messing up his house?" "No, his parents have so much money they do not know what to do with it. Both his father and mother are some hotshot producers in California and they only use this house about once a year. They have five other homes around the country, not counting more homes around the world. Whatever happens to the house Jerome will pay to have it fixed." Just as he finished talking he yelled, "What's up my man!" and greeted a tall, handsome African American man. This man had a killer smile and was dressed in an expensive pale grey suit, white shirt and silver tie. "Jerome, these are my new friends Ari and Sara." Jerome shook their hands and flashed them his beautiful smile. "Welcome to my home. Help yourself to whatever you want. The pool and hot-tub are out back. Enjoy yourselves." With that he was swept off and began talking to some of the other partiers.



Ari and Thomas went off on their own and Sara began to have her own fun. She talked to dozens of people. She met two particularly interesting people. One was Raven who was a professional writer and photographer. Sara thought that Raven was really intelligent and she had a wonderful conversation with her. The other person she met was Lolita who stuck in Sara's mind because she only had nine fingers. At the party Sara also jumped in the pool and soaked in the hot tub. At three in the morning people were starting to leave and Sara decided to go and look for Ari. She found Ari, Thomas and Jerome sitting around talking and drinking. Sara said to Ari, "Come on Ari I am getting tired let's go back to our hotel room." "You guys can stay here. There are plenty of bedrooms and everyone else is starting to leave," Jerome said. Sara and Ari agreed and Jerome showed Sara up to the guest room that she could sleep in. The room took Sara's breath away. In the middle of the room was a huge bed with a fluffy, white, down comforter, surronded by dozens of pillows. The pillows varied in shape, but they were all different shades of irridescent blue. They were made of velvet, silk or cotton. The carpet was pure white along with the dresser and entertainment center. There were tropical pictures all over the wall along with silver wall lamps. Sara walked into the bathroom, the bathtub, sink and toliet were all white as well. The floor was white tile with blue and purple swirls in the center. Sara washed her face and lay in the bed and did not wake till the next morning at eleven.

When she woke she walked downstairs and found Jerome, Ari and Thomas all sitting around eating crossaints, drinking juice and talking. "Morning Sara. Did you sleep well?" Ari asked her. "Oh my god, yes." Ari laughed and said, "I was just telling Jerome and Thomas what has happend to us yesterday." Jerome said, "Let's go and look at the disk at my computer. You have the disk with you, right?" "Yes, it is right here." Sara pulled it out of her purse and handed it to Jerome. The three of them followed Jerome to his home office. The disk did not require a password and there were only two files on it. The first file was an intricate map showing the Florida Keys, but right along the edge of the Keys were yellow stars scattered throughout. When they clicked on the stars the screen showed a larger picture of the area, it showed a location off the Keys exactly where the coral reefs are. It also gave presise longitude and latitude markings and a date and time. Of the dozen dates about half had already passed, however, one of the dates and the times were 12 o'clock that night. On the other file there was a memo to a Dr. Warf telling him, "that the dolphin would be ready that day from the research center." Sara asked, "What does all of this mean?" "Well, there is a dophin research center about fifteen minutes from here. We should look up on the web and see if this Dr. Warf works at the research center." They looked up his name and he did work there, futhermore, they learned that he had been working there only a year and was conducting an important research project on dolphin training. Ari said, "I think we should go to this site tonight and see what is going on." "I do not want you girls to go alone. We can use my parent's boat, but Tomas and I have to come with you." Ari and Sara thought that it was a good idea, there were actually relieved that the boys were going to help keep them safe. They all decided to meet back at Jerome's at 10 o'clock that night. Tomas drove Ari and Sara back to their hotel and told them that he would pick them up that night a little before 10.

The rest of the afternoon Ari and Sara went shopping and ate at one of the local resturants. They did not want to think about tonight and the danger their curiousity was placing them in, they just wanted to enjoy their time in Key West. They headed to the center of the island where there were all kinds of shops. They went into a couple of the touristy shops and Sara bought a Key West T-shirt for each one of her family members and her boyfriend back home. They then went into some of the more charming shops and Sara purchased a beautiful straw hat and an aqua and white silk skirt. Ari and Sara stopped at a local bar and ordered frozen drinks. This time Sara ordered a banana daquiri. They sat down to sip their drinks, talk and watch the people go by.


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THE KEYS HAVE AN AMAZING DIVERSITY OF WILDLIFE!