We had been going out for a while but I never expected this. I walk back up to him and embrace him. Whispering as we embrace, I ask, ‘Can we go abo...ard?’ He tells me we can go on board after we christen her. I am overwhelmed by all of this and feel like I am in a dream as we walk down to the bow of the vessel to christen it. Man: Taking her in my arms again, I return her embrace and kiss her gently on her cheek. I am so glad that she likes the name and wants to come with me on the voyage I. Andrea looked down at the file in her hands, fumbling with them in her gloves. It had snowed lightly overnight, probably the last snowfall of the season, and it was chilly. Charlie was all bundled up, but he was sleeping, and we had left him in the running car. “It’s 25.24 acres. It’s just under 1,000 feet of road frontage down there on Mount Carmel, and just over 1,100 here on the side we’re parked on.”“How come it’s available?”I looked at my wife and shrugged. “Good question.” We both turned. She was still in something of a daze as she walked into the room. She was completely taken by surprise when hands grabbed her from behind. Thrown forward, she stumbled and fell headlong onto a bed.The lights came up a little to reveal a huge bed and nothing else in the room. It was a king sized bed and was covered with a fur spread. The softness of the bedspread tickled her cheek as she turned to see who her attacker was.The man wasn't very tall. And if she had to classify him, she'd have to. What was it you asked me?”“I asked what you thought about some of us going to an isolated beach and sunbathing nude, and whether you think Cathy would be interested,” she said.I felt I was in a bit of a spot; I didn’t really want to say that Cathy and I had already done some nude sunbathing; but I thought Cathy may be interested in the idea – it was the sort of thing that appealed to her; doing something different, something that the mainstream of society would not approve of.“Umm, well, I.