The Day the World FAFO by Nicola Dickens

  I was sitting on the back of our 1991 Sleek Craft Enforcer 30 ft twin Merlin Engine boat with my legs crossed.  The sun overhead, the water calm, as I sat there with my eyes closed listening to all the distant chatter on the lake that summer day in 2027, all I could think was how wonderful it would be if we were the only ones there, the still quietness would be mesmerizing.   That day I asked Red, “The last part of September, can we take a weekend just you and I out here, stay on the lake, and enjoy the peace of Nature?”  Red is my husband. He is a tall, thin man with red hair and a horseshoe mustache that makes him look unapproachable. He has bright green eyes with a small blue corner in his right eye. He was sitting on the bar between the engine drives in the lake, talking to friends.  Red was all for it. That weekend changed our lives and the World forever!