He wasn't even breathing hard as he entered the wheel house."I'll take her, Julie, you get the women passengers organized to care for survivors. The f...rst mate will know what to do to pull any survivors on board. The boiler deck will be used until full. Get going!"Then the Captain called for full ahead to get on the scene as quickly as possible, but Captain Judson didn't hold out much hope. Boiler explosions usually killed most of the people on board. Only a very few lucky ones might escape.An. "Steff, what did your friend mean when she said that I ruined your marriage?" I asked. "I haven't seen you since..." I know it was over ten years ago," she said. "Anyway, you guys were a bit ahead of me in school. Your senior year was my freshman year. After the mean, evil, bitch that you married made you stop tutoring me and stop seeing me altogether; I finished school and moved to Florida. I never stopped thinking about you though. I dated a few guys and I always compared them to you. I made. We lowered the back by releasing the latches on either side. Once the back was lowered, the ramps were moved down and hooked to the ends, making them secure for lifting the wood onto the back of the wagon. I gathered my rope and signalled the boys to follow me. We made our way to the farthest of the pieces. I had them each grab a side while I grabbed the centre. On the count of three, we lifted the log off the ground. With me stabilising it, the boys quickly wrapped the rope around the tree and. Suddenly it was as if Iwas becoming insubstantial and flowing, my substance entering and minglingwith that racy costume she had on. The strange process continued.Everything went dark. I felt warm all over and became extra aware of thescent of Magda's skin. I could even smell her feminine musk. The sound ofher chuckling reached me as if from a distance."There you go, big guy. If you thought magic was real, and that I couldperform it, I'd tell you that your essence was now merged with what.