Della and Perry Mason were enjoying their lives as a married couple. They had been married for almost three years now . Their home was a busy one with a lively two year old and a little girl who was going to be entering middle school in the fall.

Perry and Della had considered what type of vacation that they wanted to take and had finally decided on a cruse. They would be going on a cruise on one of the cruises that was more designed for families.

As Della started to get dressed for the day she heard the familiar knock on the door. In came her beloved two children. Perry Jr came running in and jumped on the bed. Sally came right up behind him and sat down with a plunk.

"Mommy when are we going on the cruise? I am ready." Perry Jr told her.

"Honey we will be leaving in one week. We will be flying in a plane for three hours and then taking a large ship." Della smiled and picked up her little boy to give him a hug. Della loved the time with the children. Perry had been out most of the night on a case and had already left early that morning with Paul.

Sally picked up the brochure and smiled. "I have never been on such a large ship. Perry, did I tell you there is an ice cream shop on the top deck next to the pool for kids. The ice cream is free."

"Yeah I can't wait to get all the ice cream that I want." Perry called and started to jump up and down on the bed.

"We will see about that. Sally when I am at work you and Jennifer can start getting things packed for the trip." Della told Sally.

"I am glad that Jennifer is coming with us mommy. I hated to think of her being at home all alone." Sally told her.

Perry and Della had thought about not taking Jennifer, but while they were on the boat there would be times when they would need someone to stay with Sally and Perry Jr. Jennifer was a part of the family also. Jennifer had been thrilled to be asked and was going to be helping with the packing. Sally was no longer a young child and was an even better help around the home.

As Della kissed her two children good-bye she felt good about her family. She was looking forward to the vacation too. She hadn't been on a cruise since she and Perry had been on their honeymoon.

Harriet Barker had just gotten out of work and pulled into her driveway when she saw her best friend pull up in her car behind her. As Harriet got out of the car her friend Makaya opened her car door with a laugh.

"What's up?" Harriet asked her friend.

"Oh I was wondering if you would be interested in going with me to see a wrestling match. I won the tickets on the radio this morning. But the wrestling match is tonight.. Please please. She begged her friend.

Harriet looked at her watch. She was tired and would have liked to go home and rest, but she smiled at her friend and said "Why not?"

The match was going to start in just two hours so they decided to grab something to eat while they were on their way to the match. As Harriet got changed into some leisure clothes she and Makayla laughed and talked about the match.

The tickets were good ones and they would be down near the ring. Harriet had never been to a wrestling match and had rarely watched one on television. But, this was something that was free and it was a good night out with her best friend.

As the two friends arrived at the match, they found themselves crowded among over five thousand other people. As they managed to stop and get something to drink Harriet almost fainted when the young man asked for seven dollars for a bottle of sprite. But they got into their seats and watched in amazement as each and every wrestler lifted men over two hundred pounds over their heads and slammed them to the floor.

But as the two friends left the show that night their car was struck in the rear. As Harriet and Makayla got out of their car to see if there was any damage a young man jumped out from behind the drivers side and yelled "women drivers. You fools you just wrecked my brand new car. Oh I don't feel good. Someone call an ambulance. Harriet was worried about the young man and saw that neither car had sustained much damage. But he had hit them, not they hit him and the police refused to come to the scene because it had happened on private property.

Harriet was very upset about what had happened to the young man. She and Makayla watched as the ambulance took the young man away. Then his car had to be towed because there was no one in the car that had a drivers license. The group of young friends got a ride from one of their fathers and Harriet and Makayla went back home.

That night Harriet could not sleep. She worried about the young man and the car accident. She was sitting in line to leave the arena when the young man had struck her car. He wasn't going more than a few miles an hour. She had stopped and she was sure of it. But, now he claimed that he was injured and her insurance was going to way up. 'Why wouldn't the police come' she thought.

Dean Brice was smiling to himself as he waited in the emergency room for treatment. He had seen the two women leave the show and had watched as they got into their car. The young lady was driving a brand new mustang and he knew that she had money. He had hit her car just hard enough to claim injury but not hard enough to really hurt himself. But he was going to claim he had a stiff neck and collect a pretty penny from her insurance. 'What a deal. He knew that the police wouldn't come to an accident on private property. So he knew that it was going to be a matter of his word or her word.