Silvia Point of View

Whoever said the best-laid plans didn't work out, she had never married Gerard Hush. True to our nature, which lacks patience, we got married very quickly, as soon as we could organize it on the beach, behind Gerard's father's house.

We timed the wedding to coincide with the completion of testing the European marketing campaign for the expansion that Ronny had started several months earlier. Someone had to take the tests to Europe and put them through a few focus groups, which Ronny suggested that Gerard and I go as part of our honeymoon.

I reminded Ronny that I no longer worked for him. Although Gerard...