Ted and Linnet busied themselves preparing the boat to sail. With a westerly wind, it was easy to release the shore-line and allow the wind to push Se...endipity backwards into the fairway, though Ted had the engine running just for safety. As Linnet spun the wheel to bear away, Miss Thornton – her parents addressed her as 'Cherry' – sitting in the cockpit with them, was watching with a curious expression.Linnet noticed when she glanced round. "Would you like to take the wheel for a bit?"The. You know where to go on the hiway from here , this city making me crazy?''the black maxima window down some black older bald guy talking to you ''yeah i do, i actually live in laval but i know how montreal work''''well i live north shore too , comon jump in its cold outside you can tell me how to get there''he was looking at me sit down and drive away''its cold for november you just finish work or what''''no i was doing some shopping''''cool cool''i started to feel nervous, wondering if i woud. " Emily watched as Paula straightened her hair and smiled at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a long, blue dress and had been liberal in her make-up.Emily cocked her head to one side. "Need any condoms?" No I do not need any condoms," Paula snapped. "I am not going to go and lose my ... well we aren't doing that. He's not even asked me out. We are just meeting for a coffee in town." Emily's eyebrows raised a few notches, and she crossed her arms, swinging on the bathroom door as Paula. They left after a round of consolation, probably for the stripper bars, where they were more assured of not getting laid and more comfortable with the prospect. Some time around midnight, I became uncomfortably aware that she might have set her sights on me. I'm still not sure what the trigger was. We flirted viciously as always, but at some subtle point there had been a change and there was a tint of seriousness to our already colorful language. I found myself backtracking, not wanting to.