Freddie was sitting on the rower’s seat, which was basically an inflatable compartment going across the floor, about two-thirds of the way along. He...looked to see where the dinghy was gently drifting ... it was towards their audience on the yacht, and a bit faster of course with no keel and hardly even any draught. No other boats could see them... Lara shuffled up to him on her knees, and he opened his knees and put his arms round her. He gave her lovely shoulders a squeeze and ran his hands. “He’s funny.”“You already said that.”“So I did.”“Here,” I said, digging through my bag and finding a folded piece of paper.“What’s that?”“His number. Write it down and call him!”“What? No!”“I bet he’d love hearing from you.”“I’m not going to just call him out of the blue!”I shrugged as I considered her somewhat mortified expression. “All right, all right ... What if, uh ... What if I invite him over for some jamming tomorrow, and you come over too? To develop pictures, you know. Complete. When Hardy snapped too, the dean smiled an oddly seductive smile at him and laughed, “Its ok. These things happen. Grab your laptop and don’t be late for class.”Hardy was so grateful; he thanked the dean, grabbed his briefcase and stood at attention to salute him. He looked his commanding officer in the eye and then let his eyes drift down to the dean’s crotch for a moment and then they made eye contact again. Hardy looked into the deans eyes and said, “Thankyou General Dustin sir. If there is. He failed everything and our family financial condition deteriorated. Money that had been saved for my dowry was also spent on him.I realised what that meant very soon. I would be wedded off to an old man or a divorcee or maybe a guy without a hand or a leg because no one else would take me even though I was fairer than the other women of my village. The size of the dowry determined how good of a house I would be wedded too.Due to the financial pressure my father started despising me and so did.