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David and Katchoo are following Francine to Hawaii. On the plane, Katchoo says she wants to start painting nudes, with David as the model. He whines and moans but he can't get out of it.

Freddy and Casey are walking on the beach at night in Lahaina. Freddy thinks he smells baby powder and wants to find out what it is. Casey gets mad, and says it better not be a hangup from an old girlfriend who wore baby powder. He comes very close to catching Francine hiding among the coconut trees. Casey says it must be all the flowers he smelled. Francine doesn't even know what she's doing there, and convinces herself she is crazy.

David and Katchoo are checking in to a hotel. They want separate rooms, but there's only one left. Katchoo spies Francine throwing a rock into the ocean, then rushes out to the beach after her. Francine is nowhere to be found. Worse: The hotel room only has one bed.

David can't help glancing at Katchoo when she takes off her bra. He sees a lily tattoo on her breast. It's exactly the same tattoo Darcy has on her ankle. He remembers asking Darcy about it one day. Darcy says it's her brand, she puts it on everything she owns. It's on the legs of some of the girls there. Darcy even says she had it put on her lover's breast, right over her heart.

David objected that Darcy could not own people. She says don't be stupid, people want to belong, they are sheep, and the secret to life is to be a wolf. When David asks what happens when people don't want to belong anymore, Darcy says she turns the matter over to Tambi. "I haven't lost one yet."

David thinks Katchoo is asleep. He says, quietly, "Someday you're going to need me, Katina, and when you do, I will be there, I promise."

Freddy and Casey are naked in a pool under a waterfall, and their teeth chatter as they freeze. The justice of the peace can't read the vows fast enough for them. Casey keeps slipping and her legs are numb. Freddy tells the man to cut to the chase. "Do you, Mr. Pushy Man, take little Miss Tiny Titties here to be your God forsaken wife?"

Just then, Freddy spots Francine hiding behind a tree. He crawls out of the water and runs after Francine. She says, "Forget I was ever here." But she did it, she came, that means she still loves Freddy. "No I don't, but I had to see that I don't belong here anymore. Goodbye Freddy!" He begs her not to do this to him. "I'm not doing anything to you, I'm doing this for me. Go back to your lovely wife."

Freddy won't give up. He says she's not walking away from him, that she'll never get rid of him. Just then a hand hooks his nose and slams his head on the ground. Then with the heel of that same hand, his nose is broken. "Touch her again and I'll kill you," Katchoo tells him. "Talk to her and I'll kill you. If you even look at her, I'll kill you. Remember this hand Freddy. If you ever come back into our lives, this is the hand that will kill you."

Francine tries to apologize to Katchoo, but Katchoo says she doesn't have to say a word. "Come on, let's go."

"Anywhere you want, baby."

And then there's David. Katchoo says she can't get rid of him, so they might as well keep him.

Only ninety more issues to go.