But not from a place of selfishness. But from a place of love for each other, and the exploration they could do. Eloise knew William was a little bise...xual. And he trusted her enough to actually share her with another guy, romantically. But of course Eloise only wanted another guy because she knew how much it excited William, and if he felt that they could express their love in this way, she trusted him and wanted to give that to him. And because of her love for him, and knowing it brought. "She reached up and kissed him on the cheek, "Thank you again for holding me. I forgot how nice it was to be held."She turned and walked up the stairs to the sleeping loft. She was exhausted and climbed into bed with her clothes on and she was asleep almost as soon as her head hit the pillow.Bob sat for a long time watching the fire through the glass of the wood stove. He had been afraid, when he bought the wood stove, that it wouldn't be big enough. It kept the cabin as warm as if the cabin. I was still a few feet away when Mr. Slick must have sensed something. He stopped in mid-sentence and looked up. Our eyes met and he suddenly looked nervous. I was just a couple feet away when Lori glanced over her shoulder to see what her paramour was looking at."Skyler!" she shrieked. "What are you doing here?" I came to meet your girlfriends," I said with venom. "Who's the asshole?" Hey," he said, starting to stand up."Go ahead ... give me an excuse," I threatened. "You know damn well she's. Damage to the ship began to mount as the storm reached it's peak. Guard railings were bent or broken and washed overboard. Windows broke under the force of the waves. That happened to the big center window of the pilot house, which made conning the ship that much more difficult.The main funnel from the boiler room was torn off and blown or washed overboard as the guy wires supporting it snapped and whip lashed all over the deck, flipping one crewman well overboard. A second crewman, unwisely.