THIRTEEN “So you… you live here?” “This is the only address I have,” Sassi said to Whitney, also known as Gumdrop, the woman who’d been rescued from the yacht. After the couple were on board Eros, the first thing that Whitney wanted was her luggage brought over too. Swain had point blank refused to let them bring their belongings onboard; he said they wouldn’t be there that long. His attitude left poor Whitney in stunned silence. So Sassi had put an arm around their female guest and guided her to the cabin that was meant to be occupied by the cook. Encouraging Whitney to shower and change into some borrowed clothes, Sassi tried to make their visitor comfortable. Whitney was taller and less busty, but they were roughly the same size. After Whitney had freshened up, Sassi had taken her

