“The hull is breached” he yelled into the whipping storm. Then he took their gear and they climbed onto the rocks to survey the damage. Craig poin...ed to the spot where a rock had pierced the fiberglass hull. There was a gaping hole on the port side, two feet from the point of the bow. “She’s impaled on a fucking rock and she’s rocking back and forth making it worse”. Miri and Jack looked at each other and almost broke out laughing. “She’s definitely fucked Craig” Said Jack “Can’t hear you,. “We’ve decided to fore-go the usual party games and, instead, our friend Amelia here has planned a little product demonstration featuring some items from her store. Take it away, Amelia!”“Product demonstration? This is a sales pitch?” Sherri asked with a deep frown.“Oh, I have a feeling you’ll enjoy this,” Emma said with a smirk. Amelia stepped forward to address the group.“Ok, gals, for my demonstration I’m going to need a couple of volunteers. First, a girl. Anyone?”Liz and Jess both raised. It's just a chat, nothing else."His tone was so disarming, so conversational, that almost immediately Ifelt myself start to relax. Hell, I thought, this isnt so bad. He's hugelyexperienced, he's met dozens of girls, of course I'm going to be morenervous than him. I offered him a drink and he said he'd just have a teaand he came into the kitchen as I made it. Within minutes the trembling hadgone (well, almost) and I was chatting away quite freely. I drank wine, abad idea in retrospect and we. How was I going toget out of here without anyone seeing me? I took a look out the door andsaw that I had a straight shot out the door and I remembered that my tablewas at the other end so I knew my wife wouldn't see me. So, I timed itjust right and I bolted out the door and into my car and I drove off. WhenI returned home I noticed my wife had packed a bag and had left, whichmade me feel relieved because I don't know how she would have reacted tome in this condition. I felt better when she left.