JANUARY 4, 1978

Everyone had met up again in Hawaii for Christmas. Patrick had retired from the museum and now worked part time in one of Josephine's coffee shops. Danny and Dawn now have a seven year old daughter named Natalie and a three year old daughter named Samantha and they just discovered they were pregnant again. Ruby their Great Dane had gotten along great with the kids until she passed away in her sleep a couple of months ago.

Bridget and Ben has eleven year old Wendy, eight year old Norville, four year old Maggie, and Bridget was now seven months pregnant with her fourth child. Ben always took their dog Gabriel along on his cases to the point where he wasn't able to walk anymore and he eventually passed in his sleep.

Rachael and Allan has eight year old Velma, seven year old Madelyn, and three year old Dale. A year ago their dog Adam developed an eye condition and Allan invented special glasses for him. Rachael's parents Raymond and Rebecca retired and moved to Florida but were able to join them in Hawaii this year.

Gerard Grant passed from a stroke a couple of years ago and Gael passed from a heart attack a month later. Garret is now a television director and Grace is a television show writer. Garret married his wife Sarah a month ago. He trains his dog Red and Grace's dog Joy to star in movies and TV shows. Grace married her husband Greg a year ago and she just found out that she is expecting.

George and Martha passed their farm onto their eldest son Gordon and his family and are now living in Hawaii. George works part time at a surfboard shop and Martha works part time at Josephine's coffee shop.

Josephine has coffee and pastry shops on all of the Hawaiian island and her husband Brandon Haddock still works for the Coast Guard but was now Vice Admiral. Their eldest son Adam is Captain of a Cutter. Her eldest daughter Anna and her husband Fredrick Jones, Sr. now have nine year old Fredrick Jones, Jr. a five year daughter named Judith and a one year old daughter named Maggie.

Elizabeth and Berkley has fifteen year old Courtney, thirteen year old Daisy, eleven year old twins Delilah and Donald, and eight year old Daphne.

Thatcher and Henrietta has thirteen year old Thurston Oliver Howell the Fourth, and ten year old Gloria. Thatcher took over Howell Industries and Henrietta still breeds and shows Great Danes.

Theodora and Elliot has ten year old Matthew, seven year old Evangeline, and five year old Elliot Jr. Their seven year old dog Spooky still acted like a happy bouncing puppy.

On New Years Eve there was a small Earthquake in Hawaii and a Tsunami warning was issued. Luckily the Tsunami didn't hit any of the Hawaiian islands. Now everyone was meeting up in the lobby to go out for lunch.

"Ellen, are you okay?" Patrick asked noticing that she was biting her lip.

"I can't shake the feeling that something is about to happen!" Ellen replies.

"Don't worry Ellen." Patrick comforts her. "I don't think anything is going to happen."

At that moment Josephine's second eldest son, Andrew, who is now the Concierge of the hotel they all were staying at walks up.

"Hey Mom Dad's on the phone," he says with a hint of anxiety in his voice. "He says it's urgent."

"Hmmm, I wonder what's wrong!" Josephine asks while in the back of her mind she thought that maybe the tsunami stirred something up.

Ellen noticed Josephine's slightly worried expression and looked at Patrick. He gave her a small smile and rubbed her shoulder. Josephine was talking on the phone at the Concierge desk with her back to them. Andrew was leaning on the desk and as they watched his eyes widened and clapped a hand to his mouth. When Josephine turns around she was white as a ghost. She walks back to them with the phone in her hands.

"My husband is on the phone," she replies shakily. "I am putting him on speaker so everyone can hear him."

"Can everyone hear me?" Vice Admiral Haddock asked.

"Yes we can hear you," everyone said at once. Almost everyone had their hearts in their throats.

"Okay so listen," he started. "Lieutenant Commander Peters who pilots a Coast Guard HC-130 was out on patrol and spotted smoke coming from a strange vessel. He radios Adam's Cutter to sail over to investigate. Turns out the smoke was coming from a primitive looking hut and you'll never guess who was inside."

At this point everyone was confused. They looked at each other, shook their heads and shrugged their shoulders.

"Savage cannibals having a wild party," Danny replied and everyone chuckled and Vice Admiral Haddock cleared his throat.

"No," he replies. "Turns out it was seven people who were marooned on a deserted island for fourteen years and they heard about the tsunami and tied all their huts together and the tsunami washed them out to sea where we spotted them two days later."

"That's very nice and all but why exactly are you telling us this?" Ellen asks as her stomach joins her heart in her throat.

"I'm telling you this because..." Vice Admiral Haddock says slowly. "The people on the hut are from the lost S.S. Minnow. It's Jonas, Roy, Mary Ann, Ginger, Thurston, Eunice, and William. Their alive their coming home!"

"Huh! Are you serious? Are you kidding me? What! Oh my gosh! No way! Oh my God! Oh mo dhia! Good lord! Oh my goodness! Great Scott! By Jove! Holy Clam Shells! Holy dog tails!" Everyone said at once.

Everyone became silent. All around them the other guests in the lobby were silent as they heard the news too.

"They are tying the hut to the to Adam's Cutter as we speak," Vice Admiral Haddock replies as he tries to maintain his composure. "They are going to Honolulu Bay and they should be here in a day or so. Your all the first to know of course before we announce this to the world. And Josie."

"Yes Hun?" Josephine practically gasps out.

"I love you and I'll see you later," Vice Admiral Haddock says shakily.

"Love you too," Josephine gasps out and hangs up the phone and Andrew shakily puts it back on the desk.

Everyone was speechless and didn't know what to do. What they did know was that their lost loved ones were coming home.

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