With transistors and now microchips radios had come a long way and were not nearly the frail, fragile things they had been. Again a cursory check coul... reveal nothing obvious wrong so I waited.While doing so I checked over the supplies that we still had onboard. We had been heading for one of the islands east and south of Cuba to take on water and other supplies. There was supposed to be plenty but Bob had said you always fill up with water when you could as a precaution. With just me there was. It wouldn’t work… for either of us.’ Wes chewed thoughtfully on a bite of food, nodding as he processed Hannah’s tale. Then narrowing his eyes, he asked a question that was bothering him, though he now thought he knew the answer. ‘Hannah, how can you talk about this without even a hint of… of tears, or emotion or something?’ ‘I’ve been shutting off that valve for a long time, Wes. I’m pretty good at it.’ ‘That’s scary.’ ‘Maybe.’ Wes finished chewing a bite, then said, ‘I have no idea what to. He tried speakingto the other kid's parents, but they didn't care. He even tried walkinghis son home from school, but all that did was make the bullying worse.He hated this. He hated seeing his son so miserable. He hated being theonly one that cared about him. And he hated being so powerless to doanything about it.He placed the last dish in the holder and let out another sigh."I wish I could make him feel better."Out of the corner of his eye, Stan saw something pink shoot past him. Heturned. She didn’t know I was a virgin. The fact neither one of us a rubber foiled that plan, as she couldn’t take a chance on getting pregnant. After seeing how excited I had gotten and how fast I came she was glad she hadn’t taken a chance on me pulling out.She wanted to make sure that I understood that we could be lovers but not fall in love in that way due to the difference in our ages. Rose said she would be my teacher. She said I might have doubts or questions. I needed to understand that.