They had taken their sun glasses off and it took him a few seconds to get orientated again. The boat had swung on its anchor and was facing toward th... west as it should. In addition, the tide was running in and its strength had caused the boat to drag anchor. Steve squeezed her arm and said as calmly as possible, ‘Ingrid, I think we have a problem.’ Ingrid sat upright quickly and looked around. As her eyes adjusted, she could see that they were much closer to the shore than they were when. "How are you today," I asked."Fine. I had a good think about things before falling asleep last night." So what was the outcome of all this thinking?"She giggled, "Well for one thing, I decided I was very happy to be your girlfriend and decided I would play my part in trying to make our relationship a good one. I also decided that with your help I would look at what my talents and strengths and see in what ways I could develop them." I am pleased to see that your thinking led to some positive. Winking, he suggested"I hear there's a sale on nailpolish in their cosmetic'sdepartment." "Ah, no, that's okay." Swallowing loudly, I tried to thinkof a tactful way to flee - without looking like I was runningaway. "You've never bought anything like this for yourself before,have you?" he asked. His voice was a smooth baritone, quiet butconveying confidence and power. "Probably feeling rather proud ofyourself right now, aren't you?" "Sorry, but I have to be going," I replied,. .. It's on your nametag." Oh, yeah. That's right. I keep forgetting that I'm wearing it." She continued washing the blouse. "It's funny though, I really don't know why I put it on today. I guess it's just habit. I only came into catch up on some paperwork." Aren't you supposed to wear it?", Eddie said as he shifted further to the right to look through the other gap in the door. From this angle he could see her reflection in the mirror. He could see her face. She was looking down towards the.