. We will be in Hamilton tomorrow and I really don't need you for a couple of hours. You and Tara go up to the Crows Nest for the afternoon. Spend som... time together. Be back in my quarters for dinner time'.'Some time together?', I asked her incredulously.'What I mean is, I don't care what you do to each other. Just keep an eye out for ships''Come on', Tara took my hand and let me to the door, her smile literally from her ear to ear.'One thing though. Any item of clothing you discard up there,. She would ring it time after time as long as we would reload it for her. Our Molly was a damned good shot too. Sean and I learned not to bet against her.’ Two weeks later Pat and ‘Cinda sat in the front of Molly’s steam launch as it chugged along down the Ocklawaha River. The boat had a white Captain and engineer and a crew of six blacks. They had loaded some wood at the Murphy Landing, mostly Blackjack Oak mixed with a little Pine and a few lighter knots thrown in. The lighter wood was pine. "She took my hands and looked at me. "Now, some girl to girl talk. You'vebecome as a woman. Even though it's what you wanted, your mind will haveto get used to the changes in your body. In time I suppose you'll startto feel and think as a woman and have her emotions, like attraction tomen! Men will be attracted to a good looking girl like you, so you'dbetter to learn how to handle their attention, yes and your ownreactions." She grinned. "It's flattering and it's what a woman wantsusually, but. He slid his hands over my pockets, patted down skirt, and up my leg. I heard him ask me the routine questions but I couldnt even comprehend them. I could smell his sexy cologne. He was so close I wanted to grab him and show him what I could do. When I heard the cuffs come out my nipples shot out with excitement. He slapped them on me and started whispering in my ear. One thing is for sure I knew he wanted me. He told me how bad of a girl I was and how much trouble he could get into… Slowly.