It's just that she's done with the wedding, she's working on the reception." Oh that's just great. I'm going to have to sit that girl down and have a ...erious talk with her. You think she'd let me off the hook if I promised to let her do Amy's wedding?" No, she's been working on that one for years." Paul began typing again so he ended it, "All I'm saying is that if you want details for the weekend you have to talk the person in charge and that ain't me."Paul had bad news: Some kind of short. I like to think she was pleased to be seen with me too. We strolled, in various stages of undress. And strolled.That first morning Vanessa rocked a simple off-the-shoulder pink top with torn jean shorts. I wore a casual white lace play suit that spotlighted my tan. We both were barefoot.Ordinarily it would have been difficult for the guys to hit on us. Most were living with wives, mistresses, girlfriends. But they had managed with me. I have a little stack of contact numbers from about 20 guys.. Word gets around. The crew would do anything for her. Anything.Several of the single crew members wouldn’t mind spending a night in the owner’s stateroom. But ... they knew Cooky would be waiting for them the next day. He had a well-deserved reputation with a butcher knife. They may look at Linda, but no one was willing to face Cooky.Jessie finished going over the supply lists, and decided to check on Linda’s stateroom to make sure everything was ready for her arrival. It was close to eight in. In this confusion, she had little time to worry about where he was taking her, but walked the unfamiliar path feeling strangely numb. They neared the brook at the bottom of the rift, and he steered her onto the bridge which crossed it. The thought rose in her, that this was a border; she would not be the same after crossing the stream. At his gentle urging, she walked across the bridge and along the path out of the cleft. His hand at her elbow both reassured and frightened her as he led her a.