“Mr. Sykes, isn’t it?” he began.“Yes,” came a mumbled reply.“That would be ‘yes, Sir Anthony’!” Tony snapped, his dislike for the ma... growing.“Aye aye, Sir Anthony!”“Let us be open, Mr. Sykes. I can see that you report for duty drunk. I shall not tolerate such behaviour. I expect you to spruce up your appearance. I don’t want wardroom members who look like they were just thrown out of a brothel. As for ardent spirits, you will abstain from them whilst you serve in my ship.”Dr. Sykes made a face. I enjoyed watching them count them out in neat stacks and counting the stacks. They were growing faster than I could keep up with. I needed to spend time with Takeo and Sara. Time well spent with the kids - and all the frustrations of the week were gone.The best part of the feeling was I would not need to go to Washington for at least another week.I was looking forward to going to Thimble Shoals Pirates Bank on Monday. I wanted to see if the Bull had any money stashed there. In fact I was. "Hmm, our best chance is to fake Sero, Ulrich, and me being sick along with Odd getting a concussion, which will give me time to figure out the code. In the meantime Sero, stay in Odd's room to watch over him while Yumi and Aelita go back to their classes." Jeremie said. "What was lunch today by the way?" Jeremie added, asking Yumi and Aelita. "I think it was Shepard's Pie with Tofu." Yumi replied after trying to remember. "That's perfect! It should easily pass by the teachers." Jeremie said,. ”She turned to Bill’s men and threw back her shoulders. “You wanted to try to create the bond with me,” she spat out angrily. “Well now you have your chance ... but it will be one chance each, and only one!”Bill’s men stepped forward eagerly, jostling at each other as they tried to be the first one to get to her.But Bill stepped in front of her, and held up his hand to stop them in their tracks.“If this is going to be done, then it will be done properly, and not like a pack of animals!” he.