" I said.Calley nodded and left.I sat on the edge of the bed a moment, head hung, rubbing my neck. Wondering what the hell I was going to do about Cal...ey. Somehow I knew that Jill just wasn't an option to turn to for help. Her answer would have been to ship Calley back to an orphanage, as she didn't want her there in the first place. I realized at that moment that it was the end of Jill and I. I felt strangely relieved by that, but I still needed help with Calley. I highly doubted that going to. It wouldn’t pay to be too obvious. Only the bosun, I imagine, suspected that we shared a cot.The voyage went smoothly enough, and eventually, we approached under reduced sail, beneath the watchful eye of the defences with their huge canons. We fired six cannon, paying our respects to the Governor as we cleared the fort.At the signal arm, I had raised flags, requesting I might be received as soon as would be convenient, I wanted to shift responsibility for the freed slaves as quickly as. After brushing my teeth I rinsed my brush and then went to the kitchen to discover Penny seated at the table reading some papers, a pen in one hand idly tapping it against the side of her cheek. She looked up as I entered the kitchen and smiled, as one eyebrow rose questioningly. “Penny, do you have any coffee made up? Maggie asked me to bring her a cup if you did.” I told her as I stood behind the chair at the end of the table to her left, both of my hands on the backrest as if to. "I noticed what? Your smelly breath?" She's been shooting daggers at you behind your back all day." You're just now telling me this?" Because you're just now awake to the situation." What situation is that?" The situation between you and Heidi." Oh, that situation. Yeah, people sure have been shitting from theirfaces about that all day." Yeah, people talk." Well, you were acting like it was so cute a minute ago." It was. It is. You are. You're cute as a bug but you're gonna getsquashed if.