Page 69 of Love Overboard
LEAH
Yeah… definitely wasn’t prepared for all the… toys I’d find in those giant suitcases. No wonder the boys nearly threw their backs out lugging them on board.
PRODUCER
Can you give us some commentary on that to run with the footage? A live reaction of what was going on in your head?
Leah drops jaw, blinks, laughs.
LEAH
Wow… okay, then. I think it’s safe to say these guests came to party. I have never in my life seen a dildo this big.
Leah does a little dance, humping the air.
LEAH
But hey, no judgment here. Express yourselves, babes.
PRODUCER
Perfect. The guests do seem nice. They were thrilled with dinner, but that didn’t stop them from wanting midnight snacks.
LEAH
Oh… yes, I heard about this. Poor Ember was up so late!
PRODUCER
Finn, too.
LEAH
Rockstars, both of them. It’s not easy to smile and serve after such a long day like that. You know, I can totally understand how they were together in the past. They make a great team.
PRODUCER
Has it been weird at all, having exes on board? Any sticky situations?
LEAH
They’ve been professional, as far as I can tell. Bicker at each other like an old married couple, but other than that, I think it’s been fine.
Leah tilts head, arching brow at producer.
LEAH
But your cameras have seen more than I have, haven’t they?
The first day of the charter passed in a blur of champagne corks, shrieking laughter, and the unmistakable slap of bare skin against our freshly cleaned sun pads.
Our guests wasted no time making themselves at home. By the time they’d finished the tour, Nicole was topless, her girlfriends were taking turns trying to flash the drone camera operators, and Mark was already flirting with Leah and boasting how he and Nicole had an open marriage. That was especially charming, considering he was wearing nothing but a gold thong and sunglasses that spelled outDaddyin rhinestones.
I, of course, checked in with Leah to make sure no one was making her uncomfortable. It was one thing to do whatever it took to please the guests and get a tip, but another entirely if anyone crossed a line and made my crew feel unsafe.
But bless her heart, Leah was just happy as a clam to be back with us, and she said she felt about as threatened by Mark as she did a goldfish.
I shuffled through my to-do list with an impenetrable smile. Guests like this were a nightmare for logistics, but they were a hoot once on board, and they usually tipped well. Besides, their over-the-top antics were the exact kind of chaos that made for a memorable charter.
