"It's for you," he told me. "It's a girl."Hmm. Who could that be?"Is it my sister?" I asked him. Eileen had been calling frequently of late."Don't thi...k so," Dale shrugged. "It doesn't sound like her."The only way to find out was to answer the damn thing."Hello?" I spoke into the receiver."Pat?" came a voice from what seemed like ages ago."Speaking," I replied. I knew full well who she was, but I wanted her to identify herself."It's me ... Evie." The most awkward of all pauses followed. I. ” She took a line right out from under Sigourney Weaver and said, “show me everything.” I don’t think I have ever heard the word ‘everything’ said in a more provocative manor. “Everything?” I asked after a short pause. Her eyes locked on to mine and she leaned over and whispered in my ear with all the passion and surrender I have ever heard and repeated, “yes, everything”. Luckily for me the show started or I would have dragged her out of the theater, onto the deck and had my way with her in. “I don’t know, Megan, what are we missing?” I eventually said in desperation. “The music’s right, we are in key, the timing’s good, but it doesn’t sound right.”“Let’s take a break, have another swim, and then get ready for tonight’s show,” she suggested. “No sense in pushing ourselves, today’s the first day we have tried working together.”“Yeah, that’s a good idea,” I said. “We won’t have to leave here for two hours, but let’s have a rest.”The pool was very refreshing, and we swam around for a. At exactly midnight, the Victory’s horn gave three loud blasts and we cast off. We were not scheduled to return to the dock until morning, so, if my plan was working, I was safe.I couldn’t hide on the bridge forever, though. Besides, the captain had been pretty emphatic that once we were underway, he didn’t want anyone other than crew on the bridge. I had no real choice but to go to the party.I had given a lot of thought to my costume. I originally thought of going as a Leprechaun, but since I.