"I told you so!"I had to admit, humbly and sincerely, that she had been right all along.I might have overdone the humbleness, because I was almost imm...diately the victim of a sneak tickling attack, and after a few minutes of rolling about the floor, I was forced to submit. The love of my life was quite capable of fighting dirty, and as I was desperate not to accidentally hurt her with my greater weight, she tended to always win these play fights. Mind you, the kissing to make up was always the. Our burgers were good. The shelter had given her a little stipend that she offered to use to pay for her own food, but I argued successfully against that.“If you pay for it, that makes it either a business transaction or a date,” she said, as I signed the ticket.“Since we’re not doing business of any sort, that limits our position, then, doesn’t it.” I think I smiled. I know she did.Walking out to the car... “Movie?”“Nothing really good playing. I never warmed to comic books,” she said.“Me. Blenheim and crossing the Wairau River Bar would be the first harbour. If we were to HAVE to use it we would already be nearly to Wellington. Might as well Wellington as Wairau Bar. Too many bar crossing accidents for my skill set. Once rounding Campbell we’d make for Wellington.Fueling at Kaikoura gave the crew time to call home. And me time for fresh vegetable shopping. We had spoilage simply because we seldom cooked aboard.Full up we headed out about a mile and set a course NNE or 20 degrees. “I suggested the situation, not the rationale, not the reason for it.”“What does that mean?”“It means, if you are going to use sex to trap me into something I don't want, into a situation I don't want to be in, then that's manipulative.”“You could do the same thing,” she argued.I laughed. “Uh, I don't think so. Being the MILF you are you can bed any man who strikes your fancy. I don't have that same option.”“Don't sell yourself short, baby,” she sniped.“How often do you think that spark you.