Chapter 85

We were relaxing near the shallow end of the pool when four naked men emerged from the changing room, made a dash for the pool, and jumped in. There followed twenty minutes or so of horseplay and splashing around. Finally, during a lull in the noise, I said, “Guys, Philip and I are going to get in the Jacuzzi. Feel free to join us when you get tired of all this.”

We exited the pool, walked over to the bar, retrieved a couple of cans of Coke, and settled down in the Jacuzzi to wait for the rest of the gang to get tired of the pool, which eventually they did. As soon as they’d emerged from the pool, we got out of the Jacuzzi and set the pizza out on a table by the bar. “There are soft drinks and beer in the refrigerator, guys,” I said. “Help yourselves.”

In practically no time, we’d devoured all of the pizza and were relaxing in the Jacuzzi.

“Man, this is great,” John said. “I could get used to this.”