"Mought make it if'n we kin stay out in the middle there. And if them damn'd black-sided war boats don' catch us."I looked out at the old river than w...s churning past, carrying a lot of limbs and such from spring floods and ice melts way upstream. The unpainted boat sat deep in the water, and its sturdy single mast and long bowsprit held flapping canvas that looked to be more mending than cloth."I'll try it, if you want?" I said, showing off for the women shamelessly."You ain't takin' my boat. Somehow, it never worked out that way with Svetlana. Already, his pulse was racing and he was rock hard for her. Svetlana had always been able to have this effect on him at will, even when he'd been bound and determined not to do anything about it.Knowing she had this power, Svetlana had used it to try to manipulate him many times, even after she'd given up trying to seduce him. And, while Jake had never breathed a word of it, Svetlana was absolutely right. Jake had not only wanted to thrash. Why did I mention that? What difference did it make if they used all three condoms? Did he suspect anything about what Jeannie and I were doing in my room? Did Cindy tell him? Is that how she got him to screw her?"I'll see you later, Josh," I said when we parted."Okay," he said. What was he thinking? Did he expect me to pounce on him at any moment? Shit! Why was I letting this bother me? Why had Cindy made a point of Jeannie looking forward to our next time together? What next time? Why wasn't. " Annie said. 'How did that happen?' Antonio smiled "Wonderful!" he said. "I can pick you up at your hotel at, say, 7:30"? Every thought Arnie had was to say no. No, I can't go out with you tonight. No, I'm really not a voluptuous blond. But what came out was: "That would be great. You can pick me up at the Galaxy Hotel. Room 305" Antonio smiled again and kissed Arnie's hand. Then walked away. 'This is too strange', Arnie thought. 'One minute I'm a normal guy looking for some romance and the.