"This is just the start of it," he said as he handed my bag to thedriver, who quickly moved to put it in the trunk.Oh, crap. He's going to propose, is...'t he? Shit. He's about to ask me tomarry him, while I'm standing here, trying to figure out how to break upwith him. Okay, I need to try to do some pre-emptive damage control."Aiden, honey," I said as gently as I could. "Please tell me there isn'ta ring in one of the champagne glasses in there. I don't think I'm readyfor that." Oh, no, no, no,". Ted’s always telling me I work too hard so now I have an excuse. I’ll collect you at say 8.30, and wear ‘tire kicking clothes’. We can grab a hamburger or something during the day. Promise I will get you home safely.’ Not an hour later, Ted arrived. ‘Peter, clear the decks.’ Ted marched into Peter’s office, his steely eyes gleaming with anticipation, ‘I’m here to bring your books up-to-date. Now clean this place up a bit.’ Tripping over a mudguard, he went sprawling. As he picked himself up he. At 29, he was 17 years at sea with wide sailing experience and a true touch for dealing with the men. Between Jorge and Edwards, the need to have ships’ punishments was few and far between. Laughing at the comment, I ventured aft to my cabin, and found Jorge guarding the door, as I had instructed. A solid mountain of a man and dark, he was child of a long line of Blackamoors who had settled in Spain centuries ago. His family had become Catholic to protect themselves from the suspicions of the. And I was right, for the most part.There were also some toys in the box that I’m surprised they still kept. Visions of the the Toy Story franchise pop into my head as I pull out a Bo Peep toy and a Jessie toy. “Oh my god, I remember these.” I look them over and they appear to still be in good condition. “But now I don’t know what to do with them.”I place them off to the side and continue rummaging through the box and remembering things. As the night goes on, I stop going through the box and.