I expect in time Lord Bentinck will dispatch a frigate to patrol the Pondicherry coast to remind the Frogs who rules in India, but meantime it is best...to keep well out to sea.”Once clear of Pondicherry territory Bengal Star moved closer to the mainland, and that night we anchored in a small bay which Captain Adie assured me was in Madras territory. Next morning Bengal Star sailed due east, and I asked Adie why the change of course.“I have a cargo to pick up on Delft Island which is in Ceylon. If I honestly evaluated myself, there was no question I wanted her physically. I had dreamt about it. There was also no question that I loved her. I’d admitted that to Jennie, to Melanie, to Jennifer, and to my new journal. And most importantly, I had admitted it to Becky.She loved me. She wanted me, emotionally and physically. But could she handle it? Could I? There would have to be clear, bright boundaries. The problem was, even if she agreed to those, could I trust her? I trusted Jennifer. I signaled for the AI to open it. As the door opened I found myself facing Yvette, and her four concubines. Yvette was wearing a nice sundress, while her concubines were wearing the gray shifts provided the first day on board. The children stood back in the hall a short distance, watching Marie carefully.I smiled. "It's good to see you Yvette, Tiffany and Tamara have been here for a couple hours."Yvette shrugged. "We should have placed my pod just a bit closer to yours. My tunnel connects to. I came to the discovery it was okay to talk about it with Harper."Tami held a special place in my heart," I began."You said held," Harper inquired.I bit my lower lip."I guess I did," I said as I wonder what it meant for us when she came back in a few weeks. "Anyway, we were best friends since first grade. You never saw one of us without the other. Everyone assumed we would live happily ever after." So what happened?"I felt my chest tighten as I remembered the slow disintegration of our.