" Good thinking. I'll ring them as soon as I've poured the booze."He did that and handed Isobel her glass."To us," he said softly.Her eyes met his. "T... us," she echoed holding her glass out wide. "Kiss."He copied her and they kissed gently."I love you, my Gerry." I love you, my Isobel." Ring your parents before we get carried away again." Yes, ma'am!" Miss still at the moment." Very good, miss." He paused. "Shall I tell them?"Isobel shook her head. "Wait until we've got them both cornered. AAval valikirathu konjam porumaiyaaga sei endru sonnal, naan aval soluvathu ethaiyum kaathil vaangaamal sunniayi vegamaag suuthil vittu adithu ooka aarambithen. Aval sunniyai pidithu kanju vanthu vitatha endru paarthu konde irunthaal. Aanal naan very thanamaga suuthu ootaiyil ooka aarambithen.Ithu naal varai nan entha pennaiyum koavamaaga suuthil oothathe illai, ival ennai nangu verupu eetri vital. Vidamal kaatu thanamaaga othu konde irunthen, vibachaari haaaaaaa haa haaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaa. ..” That should do it, I thought.“Four? and you’re 15?”“Yes,” I agreed.“You own this boat?”“Flintkote Sea owns her. My siblings and I own Flintkote Sea through Flintkote Enterprises, a branch of Flintkote Industrial. There’s more but it gets pretty repetitive. Flintkote this, Flintkote that and Flintkote the other.”“Jimbo said you wanted something warmer,” one of the girls said.“Wait...” a bright looking college girl said, “How long have you been at sea?”“Since we were 10,” I confessed. “This. Finally, she flaunted it.My wife sued for divorce. I did not contest it. What was there to contest? I still loved her. She wanted out. I did not want to keep her if she did not want to stay.Unfortunately, I made the mistake of not hiring a lawyer. Because my wife hired a good one, she got the house, and most of our joint bank account. All I had left from twenty years of marriage were a few good memories, a larger number of bad ones, a car dying of old age, our smaller TV, an old radio, my.