Alex (https://im.rediff.com/getahead/2014/mar/20david-beckham1.jpg) drove slowly through the heavy evening traffic.  His mind burdened by the ongoing problems between his wife Amy and himself.   “I don’t know why she is pulling away from me” he thought to himself as the traffic inched a little closer to his exit.<br/><br/>Standing just over 6 foot tall and still trim and fit,  Alex had brown hair and green eyes and a smile that could charm almost everyone but his wife.  Alex hoped that he hadn’t let himself go to the point where she no longer found him sexually attractive.  God knows his wife was still trim and sexy.   But that was only in looks, his wife hated being with him, he could sense her distancing herself from him.   As far as he could tell, Amy had lost all interest in him and this trip was his last attempt at trying to fix their feeble relationship.<br/><br/>Mark slowly pulled into the driveway and got out of his car.   Alex put on a smile as he walked into the house with what he was hoping was some good news.   At least he thought it was good news, he had to meet a client for only a few hours on a cruise to the Caribbean and they were going to put him and his wife in a suite, just so that he could close this deal with the client.<br/><br/>But his wishes were not to be,  Alex's feelings were deeply hurt when his wife said she had a charity event that she had to attend this weekend.  But she suggested that he take their daughter Paula, on one last family vacation before her graduation and her leaving them for some fancy college.   She was sure that Paula would love to go and keep him company.<br/><br/>Hating the fact that his wife so easily shot down their possible romantic get away,  but hating even more the thought of going alone,  Alex knocked on his daughter’s door to ask her and explain the weekend to her.  After he explained some of the things that they had on this cruise and Island getaway, he asked her “Paula would you care to keep your old dad company this weekend.  I hate traveling alone and your Mom has other, more important plans for this weekend.”