So I ignored it and only looked at herwith one eyebrow raised. "Todd sends everyone's regrets. He's sorry you have to go away fortreatment, but he h...pes you'll be OK real soon. They allunderstand and send you their best."Baffling! I looked around for a clue in the other women's faces. Mostly non-committal, casually curious to see what I'd do next. They were all sitting there in their gauzy summer tea dresses andwatching me. This was some kind of significant event. Matty,Todd's wife, never. Had a government grant of a big tract of land and divided it into lots. The lots went on sale in April and the day the train got here there were already whorehouses waiting for it. A lot of the town was just tents but there was a fair number of wooden buildings. Some just for sleeping, but most for commerce.Commerce included JB Mercantile where Jonathon sold boots, gloves, trousers, shirts, hats, and sundries. It also included several tents and hastily erected buildings that had a bar with. He's about to saysomething when he looks down at me puzzled.Oh my gosh, he seems so big now!"Um...hello? I came here to see Sam." Y-Yes," I stammer. For a moment, I'm taken aback by the high-pitchedsweetness of my new voice. "It's me...I'm Sam."He looks stunned, then laughs. "Um, yeah....where is he though, really?" Brad, it's me! I met someone on the...and then...oh, just look!" I hold outmy right arm and pull back the sleeve. It reveals my tribal tattoo, theone I got during a drunken night. "Yeah, yeah, thought Seaman Brendon Kirk, heard all that before, so the real fun starts at the river and then going South East."Crew dismissed," Dashworth called out.The crew began to disperse, then as Brendon made his way past Dashworth, he was stopped."Seaman Kirk," He looked him in the eye. "If I have to come looking for you again..." Chief, I learned my lesson, I will be back on time," He grinned."That's what worries me. If you get into trouble again, you are on your own." Yes,.