”The captain abruptly leaned forward and spoke into the speaking tube in front of him on the bridge. “Reduce engines to quarter speed ahead if you...please, Mister Mac Robert.” He then turned to the helmsman behind him. “Keep to the centre of the channel when rounding the many bends of the river. “ He raised his voice so those on deck could hear him. “All hands watch out for feluccas cutting across our bows.”With the vessel slowed, and lookouts closely watching the river craft, Pendragharz. I was evendotting my i?s with hearts. That seemed stupid and just superfluous,why was that one of the changes? At least it wouldn?t last long.I wrote about the dreams. The one with Gabby and the one with Amy. Twoof the three people that knew about this. Would there have been a dreamwith Mom if I?d laid back down? I didn?t want to think about that,especially if it was as sexual as the last two I?d had. Granted, sexualmeaning that I?d been naked in one and there was fondling in the other.21.The. After an hour we decided we'd had enough and I helped my mates off the ice. We got the skates off and all the equipment returned to the rental stand. Both complained a little about sore ankles. I told them I had them too, because we hadn't exercised them enough, they would be sore for a little while. This they understood. We left the rink and went into Penney's.This Penney's had a specialty shop for big and tall women in it. I took Miya over to that section of the store. We were looking around. Timidly she continued, ‘I don’t want us to be apart, either.’Gently cupping his hand under her chin, he lifted her face, so he could look into her eyes. ‘Say that again, Darling, and look me in the eye when you do.’She looked at his handsome face, and reached out, and stroked his cheek with her hand. ‘I don’t want us to be apart, either’. A smile broke across his handsome face, and he took her hand in his, and kissed the palm. ‘I love you, Darling! I want to shout it to the world, but for.