I always hated these moments - I hated to say goodbye and I especially hated knowing that this may be the last time I ever saw her lovely face again. ...ailing on the high seas was always fraught with danger and many a man has gone to a watery grave before making it home again.I was in my Elizabeth's arms when the ship's bell rang, telling us to board so we could shove off. After giving my love one last kiss, I turned and walked up the gangplank to take my position aboard the ship. I would be one. She scurried over and took the clothes and started sorting them into the separate problems for repair.The mother, Mysteria, broke out a strange deck of cards with graphic drawings on them of startling scenes. She shuffled them with slow and careful skill. Rowena knew it was inevitable that she would have her fortune told because the canny gypsy woman used the device to learn more about her clients and schemed to extract more coins from them in any way she could contrive to manipulate them.. The smile was infectious, and Amy let out a slight laugh before following the girl away from the chaos and then out of the locker room altogether.With the silence closed behind them, the two girls burst into laughter in the empty school hallway. When Amy finally calmed down she asked, "Did you—you did that?"The girl looked as proud as anyone Amy had ever seen. "Yep! Come on, let's get out of here and I'll tell you all about it." Wait, where are we going?"Elissa was already walking away. "Home,. I didn't. She thought about it for a moment, then got in. She thanked me, but almost immediately made sure I understood that it was just a ride home and there'd be no hanky panky. I kind of laughed it off and told her I had no ulterior motives (even though I really did). In reality, I never really thought anything would happen except maybe lay the groundwork for another opportunity. I knew I was a bit out of her league. Her name was Mellisa. I never got her last name, and it was only later that.
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