Ashley’s work-friends on a Sunset cruise – Part 7

I pushed the throttle forward to the stops to make up for the lost time. We had plenty of time before sundown but I figured everyone would eat pizza and drink and chat before the sun hit the tree line at the west end of the lake. I found a good spot and anchored. Other boats were always present for sunset and today there would be more than usual because of the clouds in the western sky. After the sun dropped below the horizon it would reflect up under the clouds and turn them pink, orange and red and yellow. Most of the occupants of the sunset cruisers were watching the occupants on my boat rather than the sunset. They had seen thousands of sunsets. They would probably never again see a concentrated collection of beautiful women like I had aboard.

The pizza went fast and so did the beers. Everyone was drinking and before the sun even went down and dusk turned the clouds purple, the women were all pretty well buzzed. I didn’t want to be a casualty of the Marine Patrol so I kept my consumption of beers to a minimum. The eight women were all laughing and giggling. I was ready to join their conversations but none of them addressed me, so I kept quiet.

When it started getting dark, I got up and pulled in the anchor. The women all thought I was taking them home but I had decided to take them to the private cove that I had taken Divi and her friends to. I calmed them down and told them we were just moving to a secret cove. They all liked the sound of that and they resumed their conversations, laughing and giggling.

Everyone went quiet as I pulled into the secret cove. It wasn’t really secret but everyone called it that. Some secret, huh? Fortunately, no one else was there. I shut off the engine and threw out the anchor again. Before I could even get back to my chair, their bathing suits were coming off and one by one they dove over the side. I felt like I was the hired help so I didn’t join them. Servants stayed in the background. I drank two beers as I listened to my music. Someone in the water yelled for me to turn up the volume so they could hear. I did as requested.

I climbed up on the padded sundeck and laid down on my back to look up at the brightest stars that appeared before it was totally dark. It was getting there. The moon was a sliver and the stars were the only real illumination after the western horizon darkened. I watched several shooting stars streak by in the upper atmosphere and one came in slow and I could actually see the flames before it winked out.