She felt certain that she had made the right moves and made friends with the right people. “Stay with the plan,” she said once again before she tu...rned around to check her email. Briana had gone through three different messages before she became aware that she really had no idea what they said. Her mind was elsewhere. It took a few seconds before she realized what was blocking her thinking. It could have been a billboard the size of Kentucky … her mind was on Mitch Edwards. He was nothing short. I come to Mumbai once in 8 or 9 months for a 2-3 months vacation. This is an incident that changed my perspective of working overseas.I used to miss home and used to think of passing my time ASAP. It was like I wasn’t ready to work here but then I had to because of my family. I have been working on a cruise ship for 3 years now. The first time I stepped on a ship to work and I was like what sins did I commit to be working on a ship! But then slowly and steadily, I got a hold of how to arrange. Mike and Ed had the grenade launcher set up and Jennifer, Terry, and Ann all had rifles. Bill and Don, the rest of the crew, were also armed. We were as ready as we could be. We hadn't planned on having a shootout on the water."Everyone hunker down and be careful. Rob, slow down. I took the loudhailer and stood tall with it in my hands. Rob slowed the boat and when the other boat was about a hundred yards or so away, I hailed them. "Why are you shooting at us? We come in peace." I then added,. But we had done it all our young lives. We stole away to the little sandbar on the river every chance we got.I remember watching her dry her body one sunny Sunday. I walked out of the water and she watched me as well. I finished drying and threw my towel at her and asked what she was looking at. As mischievously as ever, she walked to me and handed my towel back. I couldn’t take my eyes off her body.I covered myself with the towel as she walked back to where her clothes were. I was hypnotized.