Chapter 22

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At the Beatles' table. 

"Hey, Kristen. Wanna see Paul catch shrimp in his mouth?" said John.

Kristen clapped her hands and squealed happily. "Yes! Yes!" 

"Alright then! Madam, shrimp us!" said George.

The chef flung shrimp at Paul and he stood up to catch them in his mouth. 

"One! That's one" said George.

The chef flung another shrimp. "Two!" said John.

The chef flung more shrimp and the lads counted how many Paul caught.

"Three! Four! Five! Six! Seven! Eight! Nine! Ten!"

After the tenth, the boys were applauding for their bassist.

Sam noticed that Kristen was applauding too, so she was happy with what she was seeing. 

"I think this really is working for us" said Sam.

"Me too. The boys are doing great" said Dick.

When Paul sat down, Kristen grabbed his arm with a big smile.

Paul was smiling too until he felt his arm hit the hot metal on the hibachi table. 

His sleeve caught fire and he stood up in fear. 

He tried to dim the flame, but his other sleeve caught fire!

Kristen fearfully started crying, catching Sam's attention.

"Uh, Jill, Paul's on fire" said Sam.

"I hope so" said Jill.

"No no no, he's really on fire!" Sam panicked. 

Jill looked and sprang up. "Drop and roll, Paulie! Drop and roll!"

Instead of doing that, Paul ran to a nearby fish tank and dunked his arms in it. 

He awkwardly turned around and noticed everyone in the restaurant looking at him.

"I still have my arms!" Paul announced. 

Sam sighed. "Excuse me."

She stepped outside and started screaming at herself and stomping her feet.

"Nice job; you really nailed it! Really nailed it, Sam! You promised Chad you'd take care of his daughter, but you let her make Paul the Flaming Beatle of Kappa Maki! Ugh!"

Dick ran out and saw her. "Whoa! Babe. Are you okay?"

"I failed again, Dick! Kristen lit Paul on fire. Now Chad's gonna be even angrier" said Sam.

The lads carried Kristen outside. 

"Sam, calm down. She's fine" said George.

"Well, at least you still have her" said Sam.

"And at least she agrees that my husband is hot" Jill joked.

"Very funny" said Sam sarcastically.

"Sam, she didn't do it. She was holding my arm, but it wasn't the one that caught fire first" said Paul. 

"Then..." said Sam.

"Wait. Look" said Andy. 

The others looked and saw a guy drive Dick's car away. 

It was the same reckless driver that Sam had arrested when Meg was taken to the hospital.

"Him again?! As if twenty times wasn't enough!" Sam shouted.

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