Crusing to Murder

 FRIDAY AFTERNOON- Courthouse waiting room.

Gloria Howard's Brother, Jeffrey Howard waiting for her to come out of court..

Attorney Gloria Howard walked out of the courtroom with a smile on her face...

Jeffrey Howard hugged his younger by one year Sister, Gloria.

"I take it you won your litigation..." he said.

"I did and it was a big one too! One that might lead to me becoming a managing partner..." she said.

She passed him an envelope with 10K in it....

"That's 10 large....Use this wisely and stay out of trouble." she said.

"I love you sis and I promise you...You'll get back every penny with interest..." he said.

"Just get into the programs I told you about...Alcoholics Anonymous and Gamblers Anonymous and we'll call it money well spent." she said.

"You goin on that Party Boat tonight huh?" said Jeffrey.

"Yeah it should be fun!"she laughed....

"Have a good time and thanks again Sis.." said Jeffrey, hugging her again and kissing her....

Her phone vibrated... She had a text.

"I WANT TO SCREW YOU SOOO BAD!" was the text...It was from Bruce..

"OH MY GOD!" she exclaimed..  Bruce had been obsessed with her ever since their night together...

This was the tenth text like this he had sent to her since their night together.

FRIDAY -6:00 pm-

The first Bus arrived...

 

 "Well the first bus is here!" gushed Yvette.

"Yes it is..." said Gary...

''Wow , we are going to be gone until 6:00 pm Sunday Night..this is going to be epic."I said.

''Everybody has rooms on the same level...We won't be seperated like last time."said Bee Bee.

''Stephon and Rollie really hooked us up." said Sofia.

"They always do." said Kahlil.

"This is sooooo nice..." said Jade.

"I can't wait to get into our room." said Danny.

"Me neither...I can't wait.." said Virginia.

"Me Neither "said her husband, Jetty.

Serendipity and her boyfriend, Kevin Collins and Natika Sommers were  already on the bus when it arrived,.

"Hiiii everybody." said Serendipity...

''Hey Yall." said Kevin Collins.

"Hi everybody." said Natika.  "Lester is going to meet us at PENN'S LANDING." she said. 

"Okay, cool..."said Olivia.

"Gloria and her plus one is going to be meeting us at PENN's LANDING too." said Yvette.

"Oh nice! I haven't seen Gloria in two years...I'd love to meet her plus one...She always attracted so much male attention." said Olivia.

''The other day it was Bruce Greene...He paid for both of our lunches ."laughed Yvette.

 

"He didn't ask you ladies to pay the drink tab?" asked Donnie Ray jokingly...

"NOOO!"laughed Yvette... "He better not have." she laughed.

Beverly cracked up.....

"He's getting better in his old age..." she said, still laughing.

"If he wanted to be anywhere near some panties he knew he had to stop that practice." laughed Nelson.

"I don't know why or how he started that practice in the first place."said Josie.

"Well at any rate, he's abandoned it.."laughed her husband, Paris.

"Now if he would abandon spinning around like a top when he doesn't get his way or tossing his coat in the air.."said Bresha.

"I know right?" said Bee Bee.

"Or kicking the table..."laughed Sofia...

"You all are having too much fun with this." said Tony..

"Aren't they though?"laughed Virginia.

"Too much fun, wayyyy too much fun!"laughed her husband, Rockland.

 The second bus arrived...The rest of our friends boarded the bus. 

"Heyyy Everybody...Hey Tika Boo, where is Lester?" asked Jazzy.

"He's meeting us at Penns Landing."said Natika.

"Oh Okay Cool...I guess that makes sense." said Dabnis.

"We've got one more stop to make..At the Apartments.." said Kayla.

"That's right...Alexa and Daniel and Toni and Eric are going!"said Ray...

"This is so nice...This is all inclusive..."said Jessica...

"Yeah , more people are going than the last time." said Chip....

"I can't wait to get there and board the ship.." said Karen..

"Me neither.." said B.L.

"This is sooo much fun...It ought to be against the law to have so much fun." said Natalie.

"I remember so many years when I wasn't having any fun...Not too many friends and not so many activities." said her husband, David.

"Don't I know it." said Brooke..

"Be thankful for these good times." said Sean.

"There's going to be a DJ and food.. Breakfast in the Morning and Food tonight..." said Zoey...

"It's going to be a blast.."said her husband Lem...

Renee quietly sat on her husband's lap..

Tyrell held her tightly and said nothing..

Same thing with "Baby Girl" , Lee sat on her husband, Matthew's lap and quietly held on to him...

Matthew quietly held his new bride and looked out the window...

"You excited husband?" asked Nina..

"Very and for a lot of reasons." said Carlos.

The second bus stopped at the apartment buildings where so many of us used to live before marriage and home ownership 

"Heyyyyyyy everybody!" said Eric Sellers...

"Whoooooooooo WEEEEEEEEE!!! Hello Everybody!" said Toni Robinson...

"Hi Everybody, I've been looking forward to this all week." said Alexa....

"Hey Guys..."said Daniel as the last of our passengers boarded the buses..

Fully Loaded we were all off to PENN'S LANDING....

We arrived at Penn's Landing...

We found Deputy District Attorney Lester Burke waiting for us..

Just as Natika said he would be...

And Gloria Howard waiting for us with the biggest surprise..

Bruce Greene!  He was her plus one!  He was actually going on a cruise with us...

This had a lot of people's mouths open...and tongues wagging.

We all boarded the ship and pulled off!

II-

The Egyptian Club-

One of the most hedonistic clubs in the city...

the Non stop partying and orgy was going full blast tonight..

A lot of the city's young movers and shakers were present... The club offered anonymity that they loved..

People were dancing and having wild sex on all floors , all over the place

Three hot D.J.'s were keeping the party flowing..

Panties were all over the floor and sounds of moaning could be heard everywhere..

Jeffrey bypassed this and took one of the elevators to the top floor.

Into the modern office of Dak Gordon...

A Sleazy Gangster and Gambler...who fashioned himself as a businessman...He bought office space here two years ago...He figured it was the perfect place for him to hide out.. There was enough nonsense going on below him to keep the police from looking at him...Only a few people knew about this place's existence.

Jeffrey entered with his envelope full of cash..

"There it is..10 large...it's all there...Count it.."said Jeffrey..

"Oh I believe you...You came up with this fast....I was afraid I was going to have to send one of my collectors out after you...Looks like I won't...." he laughed.

"We square man?" asked Jeffrey...

"Yeah until the next time you need cash..heh heh heh!" he laughed.

''Won't be no next time."said Jeffrey..

"That's what they all say, but you guys can't help yourselves...You have to gamble...You love the rush..the high stakes...You'll be back and get yourself in deeper debt..." he laughed.

"Nope! Not me!" said Jeffrey...

"Okay, but next time I'm going to want more than money...I'm going to want you to fix me up with that hot sister of yours, hahahahahahahaha!" he laughed.

"Never gonna happen....This time I'm saying goodbye and I mean GOODBYE!" said Jeffrey, walking out of the office,.

Tad laughed.. "He'll be back!  He can't help himself." he laughed..

The Boat took off...

People were down the bottom partying down..

5 DJ's kept the party going non-stop, all night long...

We were all on one floor that had been set aside for our group..It was two floors above the partying..

The rooms were spacious and beautiful....

The food was hot and delicious....

 

 "This is everything I imagined and more." said Yvette.

"Remember the time just you and I went on one of these cruises...Just the two of us?" said her husband, Gary..

"For our anniversary....I sure do.."said Ms. Yvette.

"Our rooms are the bomb!" I said.

Bee Bee hugged me seductively....

"That bed looks soft." she whispered in my ear... I smiled raffishly....

"Ouuuuuuuuuu papi, these rooms are so nice." said Sofia.

"Let's go make us sme plates of food to bring back.."said Kahlil.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU DANNY!  THIS IS SOOOO NICE!"said Jade.

"Everything you imagined huh?" said Danny.

"Oh Look there is Paula and her guy." said Virginia.

"Kinda nice they are here...we didn't think to include those two in on this too!"said Jetty.

"Hi everybody!! So glad to see you all... You're all on this floor huh? We are on the floor above you..."said Paula.

"Hey Everybody!" said Keith Hodges, her new boyfriend...

"Hello!" said Gloria Howard...

Seeing Paula with someone new bothered Bruce more than he wanted to admit... He was uncomfortable enough being around all of these attorneys who he regularly opposed in court...But he had decided to let that go for now..They weren't in court...They had graciously invited him on a Boat tour for the weekend.,
 

"WOW! THIS IS SOMETHIMG ELSE ISN'T IT DONNIE RAY?" said Olivia.

 

"THIS IS AWESOME!" said Donnie Ray....

"I love everything...The Food, The rooms..."said Beverly.

"Let's go down and party awhile before settling in." said Nelson.

"That goes without saying." said Josie.

"WOWWWWWW!  We have the best activities as a group don't we?" said Paris.

"We sure do...I never imagined such!" said Bresha.

But her husband Tony did....From the beginning association with these people when she was an intern

He guessed that this group of friends were special and did special things together...He was right.

Alfreda looked out at the water....She was so grateful to Olivia for always including her and Rockland in all their plans...

Rockland was grateful to have friends...To do things with friends and to have Ms. Alfreda as his lover and wife..It had calmed him down, made him more likeable at work and in general..

"I'm so glad to be included in this....This is the best ever..." said Toni...

"It sure is....Let's go eat and then head down to the party..." said Eric.

 

Alexa was busy removing Daniel's hands from up under her skirt..

" Come on now Horny Toad....I promise you...After we eat a little and dance a little bit ,We can come back to the room and I'll give all you can handle for the night...I bought new sexy lingerie just for this trip." she said.

"Oh My God!" said Daniel.

Serendipity was saying the same thing to her boyfriend, Kevin Collins..."Kevin , I promise you...After we eat a little and dance a little bit ,We can come back to the room and I'll give all you can handle for the night...I bought new sexy lingerie just for this trip." she said.

"Oh My God!  I can't imagine...Who needs to dance?" he said..

"Oh My God, you are so horny right now!" she giggled.

Deputy District Attorney Lester Burke whispered in Natika's ear..."I want to screw you sooo bad right now."

 

"I think this water is making all of you guys extra horny." Natika giggled.

 

"Paula is here with her boyfriend and Bruce didn't go ballistic...That's a good sign I suppose." said Jazzy.

"He's here with somebody there is no need for him to." said Dabnis.

"I imagine though it is a little weird them running into each other on this trip." said Kayla.

"Well at least she's on a different floor."said Ray.

"He's been behaving himself so far..No spinning around in circles or tossing his suit jacket up in the air." laughed Jessica.

"Absolutely no need for him to."laughed Chip.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU B.L.!  THIS IS SOOOO NICE!"said Karen.

"IT IS....UNBELIEVABLE!" said B.L.

"These rooms are the bomb..almost like being in a hotel..."said Natalie.

":YESSSSSSSSS!" said David. He whispered in Natalie's ear- "I want to screw you so bad right now."

"You always want to screw me so bad....Nothing new there." she giggled.

Brooke looked longingly into her husband's eyes....

"I want you Chocolate Daddy..." she whispered..

"I want you too." he said.

Zoey smiled and removed Lem's hands from up under her skirt..

"Lem, this skirt is short enough already and you're hiking it up....Yu want everybody to see my panties?" she asked.

"No but I want to see them." he whispered.

"In time ...In another hour okay?" she promised..

"I'm a little Hungry..."said Renee.

"I'm Horny too!" said Tyrell.

"I said Hungry goofball, not Horny....buttt... I am a little horny too...Let's go grab something to eat and then come back to the rooms..."said Renee.

"Lee ,I've got a boner for you that won't quit..." said Matthew..

"You are a horny goat...You never get enough." she giggled.

"It's the water it's making me that way.."laughed Matthew.

"It's not the water."laughed Lee.

"Let's go grab some food...then come back to the room."said Nina.

"A good idea.."said Carlos.

''Well..We'll see you good people downstairs.." said Paula.

"This cruise is going to be epic." said Keith Hodges.

Everybody went downstairs and had a delicious catered meal...

Most of us retreated downstairs for the party....

That party raged on for hours...

Practically all of us were back in our rooms within an hour or so with the doors closed and locked..

With bed springs squeaking 

and the sounds of howls and moans...

and declarations of love....

Ms. Yvette brought her playboy bunny suit... Which drove her husband Gary wild.. It had been since she first wore it years ago...in Josie's at their Halloween Party..

"First time I wore this at that Halloween Party, the men went wild..pawing all over me, hugging me, asking for my number...You included..I haven't worn this since...Except for you.." she said..

"LAWD GIRL, COME HERE!" said Gary...

Yvette sat on his lap and kissed him softly....

"AWWW MY GOD!!! I'VE BEEN AFTER YOU EVER SINCE!" he said.

"I KNOWWWWWWWW!  I NEVER IMAGINED I'D MARRY ANY OF THOSE GUYS IN THERE THAT NIGHT!...BUT HERE I AM." she laughed.

"Yes.here we are.."said Gary...

As their kissing got hotter...

A Few doors down...

"Paula Johnson is your ex isn't she? I've seen you two together in town a few times, before I knew who you were." said Gloria Howard.

"Yeah, but we are done...As you see, she's moved on...."said Bruce.

"And you've moved on...You're with me now..." said Gloria.. "Come on over here and take my clothes off." she said seductively...

"Ohhhhhhhhhhh boyyyyyyyyy!" said Bruce....He began spinning around like a top..

This made Gloria laugh out loud....

Bruce took Gloria in his arms and kissed her slowly, softly, passionately...

"Ohhhhhhhh myyyyyyyyyyyy...Ouuuuuu you are very forward.....and very erect.....OUUUUUUUUU!" she said..Her legs shaking......She found herself aroused beyond compare....She unzippered his trousers and softly caressed his engorged and erect penis...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...OHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYY...UMMMMMMM! OH MY GOD!!! YOU ARE A BIG BOY MR. BRUCE!!!...OUUUUUUUUU...OH MY GODDDD!" she moaned...

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW IT'S ALL FOR YOU!" he moaned..sweating bullets...

"OH MYYYYYYY! IS IT??? OUUUUUUU" she said.  

"OUUUUU...UMMMMMMMMM YOU HAVE SOFT LIPS MR. BRUCE AND YOU SMELL GREAT!" she said as they continued to kiss..

"OUUUUUU SO DO YOUUU!" he said.

He unsnapped her bra....

and slowly slipped her panties down...

He laid her across the bed...

spread her legs and slowly entered her...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...OHHHHHHHHH MY WORRRRRRD!" she moaned...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...PUT IT IN...PUT IT ALL IN...OUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW SWEEET BABYYYYYY! UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!" he moaned...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU IT FEELS GOOD...IT FEELS GOOOD!   IT FEEEELS GOOOOOD!" she cried out...Ever since the first night together ,he had been sending her texts, saying how bad he wanted to screw her...and she kept telling him to wait until the cruise..and now here they were.....both of her legs were shaking, her whole body was trembling something fierce.....her head turned from side to side and tears were streaming down her face....She was experiencing an intense orgasm.....

She was incredibly wet....Smelled like a new born baby...and soft to the touch...He humped her with wild abandon....Eventually he slowed it down and they began to move in a nice rhythm.

"GA GA GAZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he moaned....

"WHAT?" she said...He had said that the other night......She laughed...."YOU ARE SOMETHING ELSE MR. BRUCE!" she said.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MISTER BRUCE!!

LAWWWWD!" she cried out...

Her head turned from side to side...Tears ran down the side of her face and her body trembled...She was having another intense orgasm, her second....She couldn't believe it!!!HE was for real in bed...

They began making sweet sweet love......"OHHHHHHHHHHHH  !!!! 

 OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU  MISTER BRUCE!!

UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM" she moaned..as the bed rocked and squeaked louder than it had since they'd begun making sweet love... The headboard creaked and sounded like it might split in half...

"OH  baby....Oh my goddd this is sooooooooo damn good.." he moaned...

" OHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" she screamed out....

The bed squeaked even louder...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cooed. She had yet another intense orgasm , her third!!!that had her crying like a school girl, had her head turning from side to side and had her legs trembling...this was unbelievable!!!

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU WHYYYYYYY?? WHYYYYYY?? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO IT TO ME SO DAMN GOOD???OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!  MISTER BRUCE!!! AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD WHYYYYY?" she cried out..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW SWEEEEEET BABYYYYYY! OUUUUUUUUU! GA GA GAZOOOOOOOO" he moaned..

She cracked up laughing again....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MISTER BRUCE!!

LAWWWWD!" she cried out...

They made love for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS!! She couldn't believe how passionate he was, his stamina.. It was as if he didn't want to get up off of her!!

"MORE!! MORRRRE!"he yelled..

She was astounded... 

"OH, OKAY!" she said meekly..

She obeyed...

She straddled him and eased herself down on him....

"AWWWWWWWWWWWW LAWWWWD!" he moaned.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! I KNOW YOU WANT MORE!!!!" she moaned..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH LAWWWWD! YESSSSSSS!  YESSSSS!!!" he moaned.

Her body trembled.....something fierce....and the tears and sweat just rolled down her face....

She was experiencing another orgasm....her fourth! She wasn't sure if this was Bruce or the fact she hadn't had sex in three years....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...OHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYY...UMMMMMMM! OH MY GOD!!! YOU ARE A BIG BOY MR. BRUCE!!!...OUUUUUUUUU...OH MY GODDDD!"she howled...

"IS IT GOOD TO YOU? IS IT GOOD TO YOU BABY?" she yelled to the top of her lungs..

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWW, AWWWWWWWWW LAWWWD YESSSSSSSSSS!" he cried out..

 riding him like a surfer rides the waves.....He didn't know if he was coming or going!!

She had yet another intense orgasm, her fifth!!!.....She feared she was slowly losing her mind.....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU....UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPH!" she moaned.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW..LAWWWWWWWWWDDDD!" he moaned..

They sat on the side of his bed, Gloria riding him and kissing him like it was going out of style..

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMM! UMMMMMMMMMMMM!! OUUUUUUUUUU!"she moaned..

"GA GA GAZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he moaned..

OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GIVE ME THAT MONSTER!!! OH MY GODDDD!! YOU ARE HUGE!!! AND SO DAMN HARRRRD!! OUUUUUUUU! GIVE IT TO ME!!" she cooed.Her whole body trembled something fierce..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYY DAMNNNNN!" he moaned..

"IS IT GOOD TO YOU? IS IT GOOD TO YOU BABY? LET ME RIDE THAT HORSE!!!WOUUUUUUU! " she yelled to the top of her lungs..

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!" he yelled out....

ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF HOURS PASSED BY

He came so hard, he felt as if he were dying....

She had her final intense orgasm.......She was exhausted....She hoped he was too!  

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!  IT'S GOOD TO MEEEEEEEEEEE...OUUUUU MISTER BRUCE, WOUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!  " she moaned..

Bruce was out of breath...He was exhausted.... .. It was near daybreak... Gloria lie on top of him drenched in sweat...They'd meet the gang for brunch in a few hours...She felt so comfortable in Bruce's arms..

This was the first sex he'd had in a week ,since he met Gloria,.....He was still hard...Gloria kissed him one last time...She felt his erection....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOU ARE INCREDIBLE!!!!...CALM DOWN!! OH MY GOODNESS!" she laughed....She rubbed his penis softly....and continued to rest her head on his chest....

"UMMMMMMMMM CALM YOURSELF DOWN!!!!WOUUUUUUU!!! I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE!!!" she laughed and shook her head...He held her tight and softly rubbed her behind..

She giggled like a high school girl...

"MISTER BRUCE!" she said.   She didn't realize she was three years older than him.

They both drifted off into a deep peaceful sleep.

III-

That night while we were all out at sea. Another drama was unfolding in the city...

The party was still going on in the Egyptian Club...

In the Office of Dak Gordan...

"Wow somebody was pissed at him.." said one of the CSI men looking at the battered body of a male on the floor....

"He's got several skull fractures....He was beat about the head..."said Coroner, Dr. Hazel Baylor..

Probably with this ash tray here." said a CSI man..

A Bloody Metal Ash tray was picked up and put in a plastic bag....

"Body temperature shows he was killed about 12:00 midnight or around it..."said Dr. Marcy Martin.

"It wasn't robbery...The safe is open and there is over 100 large in there and an envelope with 10 large

on his desk...This looks personal." said a Homicide Detective...

"You know who this is don't you?  Dak Gordan...He's a Loan Shark, a Juice man...He puts money on the street, pays off gambling debts or hapless suckers and then puts them on the hook for the amount and 10-20 percent interest...Those poor suckers who can't pay or are late, get their fingers broken first, then their legs and jaws...He has some pretty rough boys who collect from him....Most people are never late in their payments.." said Lt. Tragg.

"Any murders on this guy?" asked a Detective.

"Nah, Dead people can't pay up.... We've tried to make a case on this guy for years...but nobody would testify."said Lt. Tragg.

''Well they won't have to pay up now huh?" said a Detective..

"This was personal...He was struck about the head with that ashtray...several times...and not a dime was taken....Look at all this cash? Find out who his visitors were today...I want them questioned...In the meanwhile...Let's get him up out of here.."said Lt. Tragg.

The Battered Body of Loan Shark, Dak Gordan was scooped up put in a white body bag and strapped to a gurney...

"Girls get me an autopsy report as soon as possible." said Lt. Tragg.

Hazel and Marcy grimaced everytime he referred to them as "girls"

The Body was rolled down the hallway....

A Crowd gathered outside the Egyptian Club as the body was loaded on to the wagon that was going to take it to the morgue!

Daybreak was nearing... brunch was being served....The smell of the food wafted throughout the boat..

Paula and Keith were the first people at Brunch...

''Hiiiiiii Everybody!" said Paula, waving..

"Good Morning....How is everybody!" said Keith Hodges.

 They didn't go down to the party at all.. After they ate, they went straight back to their room.

We partied until 2:00 am then we all returned to our rooms.

 ''Well you two got an early start...Good Morning!" said Yvette.

"Yes..Good Morning!" said Gary.

"Paula has moved on and it didn't take her long either." I said.

"Yes, I'm happy for her and I like her new boyfriend.."said Bee Bee.

"It must be weird for both her and Bruce being on this cruise with other people..I mean they were together for nearly a year." said Sofia.

"But you know...Bruce was alright last night, almost human... he was line dancing with us and laughing..He wasn't his old prickly self." said Kahlil.

"You're right...he actually looked kind of happy with Gloria last night."said Jade.

"Yeah, he did!" said Danny.

"That's because he was thinking about getting into those panties..."said Virginia.

"I think he's been there already....I just think he was comfortable and mellow."said Jetty...

Daniel and Alexa and Toni and Eric arrived shortly afterwords....They looked like they were still sleepy..

It was okay...Not like they had anything they had to do...

"Good Morning Aunt Vettie, Aunt Olivia and company..."said Daniel.

"Hey Everybody...We really partied last night." said Alexa.

"Yeah we were down there until 3:00, then we came up...Practically everybody in our group had left by then."said Eric.

"Yes...but it was a good time." said Toni.
 

"Donnie Ray and I and Nelson and Beverly left around 2:00...We were all danced out."said Olivia.

 

"Besides there were OTHER activities pending."joked Donnie Ray..

"Oh stop it!" said Olivia, blushing..

"Me, Nelson, Josie , Paris, Bresha and Tony, Jazzy and Dabnis, Kayla and Ray ,Natalie and David ,Brooke and Sean and Renee and Tyrell, all followed you guys upstairs...We left around 2:15.."said Beverly.

"It was a great party, great music..."said Nelson.

"It was...but after 2:00 am, I'm all tuckered out..."said Josie.

"From dancing anyway..." joked Paris.

"Me too Josie...After Breakfast, we are going to lay out on the deck."said Bresha.

"Provided there is room up there...There are a lot of people on this ship." said Tony...

"Yeah, we might be better off going back to the rooms..They are air conditioned." said Alfreda.

"I don't mind..." said Rockland.

"We partied until 2:30, then we came up."said Serendipity..

"Yeah by 2:30, there was less and less people that we knew ." said Kevin Collins.

"We didn't party at all...We ate and went straight back to our room."said Natika.

"At any rate...you guys partied from 11:00 until 2:15 I take it." said Lester.

 

"Yeah, most of us were gone by then...It was a good time."said Jazzy..

"It sure was." said Dabnis.

''Just like a regular night..Leaving when the club closed at 2:00 am."said Kayla.

"Even though the party was raging." said Ray...

''We didn't go...My husband and I went back to our room after we ate."said Jessica.

''We had just as good a time in our room.."said Chip.

"You were like us.. We went back to the room."said Karen.

"We are getting old."laughed B.L.

"We were down there until about 2:15!" said Natalie.

"Yeah then we went back to our rooms." said David.

"11:00- 2:15 was enough dancing for anybody." said Brooke.

"Yeah we had a good time." said Sean.

"Maybe we'll go tonight...We went back to our room last night." said Zoey..

"I don't regret it."said Lem.

"I know you don't Horny Toad!" laughed Zoey....

''It was a great night." laughed Renee, sitting on her husband's lap...

"Yes it was." laughed Tyrell...

"We went back to our room, perhaps we'll go dancing tonight..."said Lee..

"Anything you want baby!"said Matthew.

"Ummm Papi, I didn't think you were ever going to cum last night." said Nina...

"I was sorry when I did."said Carlos..

Gloria and Bruce were the last to show up for Brunch....We were all eatin g and halfway through our meals when they showed up..

Gloria looked serene and happy...

Bruce had a dazed look on his face as they made plates and sat down to eat with all of us...

This Cruise was everything we suspected it would be and more.

IV-

TUESDAY-

Gloria and Yvette had coffee at her favorite coffee shop, a few blocks from the Bridge Building.

"Vettie this coffee is great!  Everything you told me about this place is true...Oh and did I thank you for an incredible weekend?   That Summer Cruise down the Schuylkill was lit girl.." said Gloria,.

"I'm glad you enjoyed yourself...and you got to see everybody again..."said Yvette. "Now let's address the elephant in the room...Bruce Greene and you." said Yvette.

Gloria blushed.. "Oh Him!   He's really sweet....and great in bed..."said Gloria.

"Bruce? Bruce Greene?" said Yvette....and yet Paula Johnson had dated him for close to a year so it must be something to him she thought.

"Oh Vettie...He's a little eccentric...He spins around in a circle when he gets excited...but in bed..he had my toes curling....my eyes rolling up into my head...His sex game is on point..."said Gloria.

"Oh wow! I suppose you two got together after we had lunch that day huh?" said Yvette.

"Yes...He texted me, asked me to come to his condo and I did....Vettie ,I'm not easy....I'm not a hoe, but I hadn't had a man in three years...I was jonesing girl....and I went to his condo and he was so sweet, so appreciative and then he preceded to turn me out....ouuuuuuuuuuuuuu..He didn't do bad on that cruise either." she laughed..

''So where are you two right now?" asked Yvette.

"We are friends with benefits you might say....I live and work in Cherry Hill and he lives and works here in Philly, so right now we have a long distance relationship...but we'll work it out..." said Gloria.

"Yeah you'll work it out...As long as you're happy..."said Yvette...

"Right now I'm happy and satisfied..." said Gloria.

''Well that says it all."said Yvette.

Her phone began to vibrate...

"I have to take this , it's my brother." said Gloria.

"WHAT? MURDER  ONE??  You're kidding....Okay look, sit tight...Don't say anything...."said Gloria.

"What's the matter?" asked Yvette.

"My Brother Jeffrey...He's been arrested...For Murder one. The victim is a loan shark...Vettie you remember my brother...He's no killer." said Gloria.

Yvette did remember Jeffrey...

One Year Older than her, he was going to Wharton when she was at PENN LAW SCHOOL... He came by her room one afternoon when Olivia was away for the weekend in New York..

All of her girlfriend's brothers always wanted to sleep with her...Olivia's brother, Jimmy and Goria's brother, Jeffrey...

It was only one time, but she and Jeffrey steamed the sheets up in her dorm room...Her second year in law school...

Making love until daybreak... before he left.

He graduated that year and she didn't see him again until her and Gary's wedding..

He came with his then wife...Whom he has since divorced...

and now he was in trouble.

"Vettie my brother was a very successful businessman..If you remember...he had a very successful construction company....until the drinking and the high stakes gambling nearly took his company away from him... His company started losing money and his investors refused to give him any more credit and he took to borrowing cash from a Loan Shark...He was in the hole for $10,000.00 this time and the day before we went on the cruise...I gave it to him.  I owed him Yvette.. He paid for my last two years of law school at Columbia and didn't ask for a cent of it back... He just said, "Go and Be a good lawyer...I may need you one day.  That day is now Vettie."said Gloria with tears in her eyes..

"NO!   YOU'RE MY FRIEND!!  You are too personally involved...Me and my guys will take the case...

What I need you to do is to get me the names and addresses and email addresses of any and all people 

who can attest to his good charactor...He doesn't have a sheet on him does he?" asked Yvette,.

''A couple of DUI's....He hasn't spent any time in jail or anything." said Gloria.

"We can work with that.....Come on." said Yvette...

The Two women paid their tab and headed toward the Bridge Building.

(TO BE CONTINUED)