A Young American Sailor Boy... Comes Up To Laura's Room... "For Love..."!

Shortly after Laura was settled... in her very nice... airy room... decorated with a large white bed... with a beautifully carved... ornamental headboard... and a large white wicker chair... decorated with colored... bright cushions... having just taken a prolonged shower... dressed in her favorite silky pink peignoir... there was a tentative knock... on her door...

And when she opened it... expecting some more... of Mama Rosie's enormous largesse... to her surprise... she saw a tall... skinny... young... clean cut American sailor... with an open... friendly face... standing there...!

And cap in hand... twisting it around and around... nervously... he told her shyly... that he had heard... about her dilemma... downstairs...

And stammering... he let her know... that he had been at sea... for almost a year... with never a sight... of a woman... in all that time...

And blushing to the roots... of his carrot top... crew-cut hair... he stammered that... if she would honor him... by sleeping with him... just once... he would give her... all the money... in his pockets... which he had saved... while out at sea... amounting to some $500...!

Laura... instead of feeling outraged... suddenly felt terribly sorry for him... and she had a strong Inner Feeling... that she should invite him... into her room...!

And motioning for him... to sit down... on the white wicker chair... she sat opposite him... on the soft roomy bed...

And looking directly at him... she told him... very honestly... that she would be willing... to allow him... to hold her... in his arms... so that he could feel the soft touch... of a woman... at least... but that sexual intercourse... between them... was simply out of the question...

Letting him know... very sincerely... that Almighty God... her Heavenly Father... Would Never Approve... if she did such a sinful thing... without being married... to him...

Whereupon the young sailor... with his freckled face... broke down and cried... confiding... that he had never slept... with a woman before... in his life... and really didn't want to... not until he fell in love... with the girl of his dreams...!

But his buddies... sitting downstairs... drinking... had been jeering at him... egging him on... to come on... be a man... and go to the beauty upstairs... who needed money... so badly...!

So... full of sympathetic understanding... Laura reached out her hand... and drawing the young innocent boy to her... she leaned back against the intricately carved... white headboard... and held him... trembling... in her comforting arms... while he wept...

And pretty soon... he fell asleep... on top of the bed... snuggled against her breast... like a trusting baby...!

And Laura... feeling pleased with herself... as she held him close to her... soon dozed off... herself...

When they awoke... some hours later... embarrassed... that he had fallen asleep... she kissed him tenderly... on his cheek... and told him... that she had a plan... to stop his buddies... from teasing him... ever again...

And she told him... that they were going... to go downstairs... together... and going to put on... the biggest act... of their lives... showing his buddies... that they were crazy... in love... for each other... making them green with envy...!

And... she told him further... that they were going to sit close together... all alone... at a secluded table... gazing into each other's eyes... holding hands... and even kissing each other tenderly... on the lips... from time to time...

Promising him that... his envious buddies... seeing the two of them... so lovingly absorbed... in each other... would never again... tease him... to be a man...

Was he game... to take advantage... of this golden opportunity... to shut up his taunting buddies... for good... and forever...?

And he shyly said... that he would try... telling her... by the way... that his name was Billy...

So Laura quickly got dressed... in the bathroom... choosing one of her favorite... silky... ultra feminine... Capri evening pantsuits... with flared legs... and wide three-quarter sleeves... which Nieves had designed for her... in an intriguing aquamarine color... which brought out the blue of her eyes...

Laura was a little concerned... about the possible reaction of Mama Rosie... if she saw her acting all lovey-dovey... with a young sailor...!

But she had retired... for the night... and the only people left... in the Visitors Lounge... were Billy's... by now very drunk... sailor buddies... who were waiting for him... out on the terrace...

Billy turned out... to be a natural born actor... even surprising himself... and did his part... almost too well...!

With him transformed... into an attentive lover... he and Laura sat close together... at their very own table... their faces softly lit... by the candle... placed in the middle of it...

With his buddies all bug-eyed... with amazement... as they saw the two of them... holding hands... drinking loving toasts to each other... from their tropical fruit juice concoctions... kissing... billing... and cooing... over each other... their convincing playacting... was worthy of an Oscar...!

When it was time... for Billy to get back... on his ship... he insisted on "paying" her... in front of his buddies... to prove to them... that he had been a man...!

And... full of understanding... she agreed... but not every penny... in his pockets...

He shook his head... and pressed some folded money... into her hand... while he... standing as tall as she was... tenderly kissed her goodbye... on her lips... like a lover...!

And she found herself... to her surprise... whispering to him... that if he ever thought... about leaving the navy... he should seriously consider... becoming an actor... because he had been very convincing with her...

And as Billy walked away... to join his buddies... she could see... that he was beaming... and there was confidence... in his stride... as if he had suddenly become transformed... from a shy boy... into a man...!

And when she looked... later on... back in her room... she found that he had given her... five crisp $100 bills... all his money...!

So Laura now had almost $1,000... that she did not have... when arriving in Bridgetown... Barbados... with barely $100... to her name...!!!

...read more in Part 3 Chapter 1

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