Wife tied to a turntable by 12 black-skinned guys just to do as Romans do.

Blakely Corp.'s new diamond mine in Africa was officially launching, and my wife, Chloe Blakely, bought me a first-class ticket to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

But here I was, tied up in a chair, bound hand and foot.

Before me, a massive stage. Our business partner, Benjamin, pulled back a red cloth, revealing a huge, colorful spinning wheel. It was marked with twelve numbers, like a clock, and my wife was tied naked right in the middle.

"This is our tribe's celebration ritual," Benjamin declared.