“You’ll scare ‘em away, starin’ at ‘em so hard.” I feel the blood-rush beneath my bronze skin. Being an only child, I’ve never been accu...tomed to teasing. He eyes me, leaning his overly tanned forearms on the starboard rail.“Sorry Michelle, I shouldn’ tease. I’m sure we’ll see one before too long.”“You said that yesterday - and the day before,” I reply, tucking strands of my untameable hair behind my ears.Hansen is the captain of S.S. Charlotte, the fisherman who agreed to take a team of marine. If that were so, why were they not hardly armed at all? How on earth had not everybody in the township noticed the excitement going down, and why had nobody seemed to move at all to identify what was happening?After several minutes of waiting, I fished my spent magazine from my pants, and rolled my pack to the ground beside me. I retrieved a box of ammo, and began to reload the mag. I heard Emily and Lucy roll over, and Emily crawled over. “What are you doing?” she hissed into my ear.“Topping. Her family had supported her for a little while but that stopped as soon as they realized she was planning on keeping the baby. So there she was, nine months pregnant with no money and a family that had disowned her. But even that could get worse. Fate refused to allow her to keep what little of her husband she had left, when the drugs finally wore off after giving birth the doctors were forced to tell her that she had miscarried. Now she was completely alone. That was three months ago. Now she. I'm going up to take my shower now" she announced. She was back down with rosy cheeks and still slightly damp hair by 7:30."That's a very pretty nightgown, Little One" Trey commented as she entered the living room, ready to start the match. This nightgown appeared to be an older one, since it ended a few inches above instead of a few inches below her knees, and it was obviously well worn in a few areas."Thanks, Robbie. This is my favorite! But mom doesn't want me to wear it at home. She says.