I finally found a place to park. After turning off the engine I made a last minute check of my outfit. This was the first time I'd worn such an outrag...ous outfit. In the past I dressed in cocktail dresses and conservative wigs, but I had been feeling very excited and reckless all day so this time I decided at the last minute to dress in a way I never had in public. I would regret later that I dressed that way, but by then it was too late to do anything about it. I checked out my makeup in the. A thin grey cloud hung over it, darkening the sky.I had boats put over the side once the Sea Nymph had been made secure from sea. I also posted lookouts in the bow and on the poop deck to keep an eye on both the shore and the sea. I had no idea of who had attacked the place, but I had not desire to be caught off guard. I gave Tagus command of the vessel and the men and then I headed ashore with my party and a security force.It didn't take us very long to row the short distance that separated. I climbed into strange men’s cars all the time, so I slid in and he climbed in behind me. I didn’t feel threatened and it didn’t seem like I was in danger. I found myself sitting between Gary and a much older man wearing an expensive suit and too much cologne. He nodded to me and again to a driver in the front seat and we were on our way.We darted into traffic and onto a freeway before anyone spoke, then the older man gave me a smile and told me that he had really appreciated my fine. Why had I listenedsix months ago when Mom and Dad suggested that I "growit out" into a more-stylish ponytail?What was going to happen to me? Married in four weeks?Ohhhhhh. How would I even get through the "date" withJason that night?Mom was waiting for me when I stepped out of theshower. Didn't she know how humiliating it was for an18-year-old boy to have his mother see him nude?She dried me with huge, fluffy towels, pointing outthat girls "patted, not rubbed" their delicate skin.Then she.