Elijah's protest that he wasn't hungry died on his lips as he saw some of the foods that Maddi offered.  Against his better judgment, he sampled a little of each, but only a bite or two.  When Maddi pulled out the Boddington's however, Elijah was at a crossroads.  He had not a beer since the plane flight two years ago.  He stared at the can for a bit.  His body was salivating, but his mind was telling him that if he drank it, he was lost.  This girl would own him body and soul.<br/><br/>After wrestling with his internal demons, Elijah responded, "Thank you again for all you have fed us this evening.  Your culinary skills are a welcome improvement on the island.  However, I simply cannot in good conscience take one of your last cans of beer."  He paused to take a sip from his bottle,  The fiery spirits refreshed his own spirit.  "To answer your questions, I was not sure exactly how you ended up here, but I was assuming a boat wreck.  So I was mostly right, but I did not guess a yacht.  So which of you is the rich one?  Or is it all of you?  We may need to borrow some money since technically we still haven't returned the plane we rented two years ago."<br/><br/>Elijah paused to check out Maddi.  She was in all aspects a striking woman, with an inner light of strength.  Then his mind pictured her rolling around with Tony, casually seducing him, and all his inner demons awoke again.<br/><br/>Elijah continued, "In two years we have only noticed one other boat.  Which is not to say we didn't miss some, but there certainly hasn't been anything regularly passing.  We have an unlit signal fire set up on the hill by the waterfall for planes, and we used to have one on the beach for boats, but we lost it a couple of storms ago and we haven't rebuilt it."<br/><br/>"Again, I thank you for the repast, and as I believe we should be honest with one another, I have a question for you.  You have ended up on an island with four men who until you arrived had been without companionship for two years.  Within a day, you had sex with Tony.  A man I am pretty sure you had never met before.  Which leads me to think that it was deliberate and preconceived.  Were you hoping to use sex to play us one against another?  It is an effective tool.  Or is there some other plan you are devising?"<br/><br/>Elijah tensed, ready to act if this woman took his disruption of her master plan unkindly .