I stammered for a moment an excuse about having toget back to work and couldn't possibly since it was a woman's store etc.Mary then got in real close ...o me and whispered in my ear something thatI can still hear in my head to this day. "Come on you know you want to;it will be our secret and besides I love boys like you, you're going tolook amazing."At the time I had no idea what that meant but at her instruction Icalled work and told them I was taking the rest of the day. As we leftthe coffee. She was stunned, to say the least. She'd long been fantasizing about having a threesome with Mindy and Aaron and what she was seeing now was only slightly more disturbing than that. But really, the only bad part here was that Mindy was blowing freshmen and sophomores even though she was just about to graduate. She was nonetheless shocked by the whole scene. She tried to piece things together, forming a very vague concept of what was happening. But if it was rape, why was Mindy's brother in on. Leeds thanked him profusely for his support, her daughter Daisy was less enthusiastic. In the preceding days, Thomas had repeatedly seen her on deck in the company of Sandringham. Of course, nothing inappropriate had happened, but a mutual admiration was in evidence.Young Mr. Leeds would remain on board in his function as captain’s secretary, but he also applied himself to his classes under the sailing master. His farewell to his mother and sister on that evening was mutually tearful, but he. . wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas. I know it’s not how either of us imagined it would be. I hope you’re ok, talk to you soon.”One thing she was definitely right about, this is not how I pictured myself spending Christmas Day — alone. But somehow, I knew I wasn’t alone, Susan was here, if even only for tonight. I must have fallen asleep in my chair, when I next looked at the clock it was four in the morning. I got up, went to the bedroom and climbed into bed, falling to sleep immediately.I.