Turn Into the Wind
Turn Into the Wind by Dave Wright The party spread out over a vast expanse of manicured grass. Tables covered with linen table clothes laden with hors d’oeuvres that I could not pronounce and did not recognize had been set up on the lawn. A three-story, red-bricked mansion loomed in the background, its chandeliers twinkling through French doors. Uniformed maids emerged from the house to replenish the food trays. Lake Minnetonka stretched beyond the beach and sparkled like champagne. Guests dressed in floral skirts and elegant Oxford shorts mingled with one another holding crystal glasses and plates heaped with delicacies. “I don’t like the façade, and it only has five bedrooms,” said one of the guests. “Reginald assured me that we would remodel soon.” “We just purchased a Rogue Cabin Cruiser,” said another. “I can’t wait to tour the lake with it.” We had been invited to a birthday party for a college friend. His older sister’s friend of a friend had married well and was eage