Even though it was still early, we slept well. I was in the middle again but, when we woke in the morning, we found Julie in the kitchen with tea and ...oast on the go."Got to keep the workers happy,” she laughed.~~~~~Frank was ready when we got there. I gave Annie a very quick kiss and he took off like a racing driver."I hope they've not had any trouble on the way up,” he said.They hadn’t. The crane was in position when we arrived and the trucks were lined up. He had a word with the crane. Talk to us. I don't want to lose you." I sat there quietly, finding myself wanting her to leave me and never get close to me again. It was the right thing to do, I kept telling myself. Let them go so they will be safe. "Tim, stop thinking that way. I'm sorry," Joey said. "Suz, he wants us to leave him, to protect us from him. So we can't." "Tim.. You're such a.... a... an ass hole!" Suzi said, knocking me over onto my side. "You keep making these stupid decisions for all of us, and you have no. ." Terence muttered softly, looking around himself."Oh?" Vince thought about it. No Nicky, no Eddie Ray... "Well..." Here's his number," Terence shoved a scrap of paper in Vince's hand. "This shit is embarrassing enough. You call him." Yeah, uh, thanks..." Vince said to Terence's retreating back.As for the girls, some got asked to the party, and some got told. Miriam got told, of course -- but she wasn't the only one..."Bernice!" Randy?" Climb up front when I come to get the girls."Bernice. . that's a hell of a long way down. You've got the rope ladder?" Yes sir, everything's there." Good, just be... careful, ok?"No-one did have the presence of mind. The party had to fire a grapple over the fo'castle rails of the liner and climb up themselves. Once on board, however, the crew conveyed them through the milling crowd to the Captain of the Titanic, Smith."Oh crap," Kuropatkin muttered to himself as he watched the chaos developing on the water.Despite the instructions, the Titanic.