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BLOOM I closed my eyes and waited for him to touch me, grab my hands or anything. It didn't come. Instead, a gunshot rang in the air, quickly drowned by the sound of the ocean. I peeked an eye open, then the other one. My date was lying in his own pool of blood,a bullet wound in his forehead. He was dead. I looked outside the cruise boat and found Reno glaring up at me. I swallowed, a bit embarrassed, "How did you find me?" I asked. His frowned deepened. I mentally berated myself and avoided his gaze. He drove his boat closer to the cruise boat and used a rope to climb aboard. His eyes darkened as he took on the dinner table. "Am I going to get arrested?" I asked, "The police, when they find the body. We are going to be in trouble." I told him. "Are you going to te