Six months after transferring to my new workplace, I found myself on a mandatory company retreat with my wife, Sayuri. The trip included not just the two of us, but also the company president and my supervisor, making me feel uneasy from the start. During the trip, the hard-drinking president and others pulled me into heavy drinking, and I quickly became drunk. Meanwhile, my wife Sayuri strangely bonded with the president and my boss, getting along naturally. Seeing her fit in eased my worries at first, but I couldn't shake a strange discomfort at how close they seemed.