I call ex sis In Law. They are out there. I tell here 3 cars are coming from bar. She just about flips through the phone, with excitement and conc...rn all at same time. I tell her. Have outside gate open. . Alcohol outside, not that anyone needed anymore. Women only use bathroom, guys get bushesShe says ok. Sounds like it will work. I inform group. Most day I'm already going to have a hangover. Guys said been pissing outside since 8pm. As we round corner to pool I see 9 of the. Put bluntly, the Lord of North Harbor wanted ships. He NEEDED ships. The Cut was open water, sure, but it would get fished-out quickly if everyone who lived beside the Cut tried to feed themselves from it. They needed ships that could handle the open ocean and either go fishing outside of the Cut, or go trading elsewhere for food.All this sounded reasonable to me, but what’s in it for us? We ended up sitting down under an awning and discussing things while we watched the Jakes test-firing. Yes I was definitely on of those now. The evening went on as the girls came back with their dates and tookothers into the back rooms. Most dates were only an hour and theyreturned all sweaty and red faced. Fifi came over and asked me to followher. I stood up and was led to the bar. Standing there was a 30 somethinggentleman in nice clothes. His back was to me until I approached him.When he turned around I let out a gasp. Here was one of my best friends,Jeff, from college. He was in town for a. I could tell that they were reluctant to ask, possibly because they were not comfortable with Julie yet. I told them that I probably would not be available to them but I would think about it and give them my decision later. When they were about to leave, Julie asked them to stay while she had a private discussion with me. She took me into her bedroom. I was thinking, “I’m in for it here. I expected that she was going to rip into me about not saying no to their request.”The discussion started.