" She looked up at me, sighingquietly. She put the wine down on the side table and pointed again atthe floor before her. I knelt quickly and she looke...d down at me. "I'mnot going to spoil your weekend, honey. I know you've been lookingforward to this for a while. But Tami, you must realize how unfair thisis for me. Don't you?"The implication was lost on me. "But, I'll be your maid the wholeweekend, taking care of you, serving you, doing as you ask... why isthat... I mean, I don't understand how. . maybe too ambitious. The most serious problem would be finding the people needed to make it work. The de-installation and installation crews needed to be up to our quality standards. The sales people had to be trained as thoroughly as I was."How much thought have you given this?" I asked."Some," he said. "I see Rick as being able to oversee the crews in that new area. He's experienced, dedicated, and tough enough to keep them in line."I nodded. I agreed that Rick would be a good choice for. Fifteen minutes “practicing” tacking, gybing and generally loitering about on a 48 foot New Zealand built fiberglas sailboat? Who would notice?The Kiisuido Strait is one of three entrances to that most important of waterways, The Island Sea. Japan’s private pond ... so to speak. The Sea of Japan. Shipping and military transport ... and ... during the war ... a favorite destination of American submarines. Very dangerous, well guarded and jealously protected ... Okinoshima island was not the only. “When you get to the door, I will buzz you in.” I walked over to the theatre entrance and waited for the buzzer, and then I pushed open the door and strode inside. The theatre was small and it smelled of booze and sex. There were about twelve rows of five folding chairs in front of a screen that was only about twelve feet wide and six feet tall. In the back rear corner opposite of the entrance door was a couch and cushions. Less than half of the fold up chairs were taken and there was no one in.
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