" She immediately slapped me very hard that Ifell out of the chair. I thought that she was friendly and it was asudden shock to me. She then told me h...rshly, "You ungrateful bitch. Howdare you ask me that question. You think I am stupid as you?" then shecalmed down and explained "If you ever try to even think of escaping,you will be castrated and sold to some brothel around the world whereyou will suck dicks for the rest of your life and be arse fucked. It isbetter to accept this life and be. Not like anyone she knew real well. But she had to go to the funeral and it was the next city over about an hour away from us. She wanted me to come along so she would not feel so alone. Well it turns out in her family funerals are like reunions and the whole day before the actual funeral they are all at the funeral home talking and getting to know each other again. There were people there she had not seen since she was a little little girl. I lost track of her and got real tired of. She’d slipped the number to him as he was leaving so he guessed this was the reason. ‘Gina De Vito speaking.’ ‘Are you free to speak?’ ‘Yes the others are watching TV.’ The apartment is luxurious. I’m wondering if you can sneak away and join me for a night or two?’ She sounded hesitant. ‘I have a girlfriend in Dubbo. I could get away for one night without raising suspicion. I’d need to spend some time with her and to explain my reason for being in Dubbo.’ ‘That’s okay. If anyone in your family. .. thought it best to ... well, I'm really not good enough for her, and she's going to be really busy, you see. We're going to move in different worlds, Chrissie and I, so... " his voice trailed off uncertainly. "Ever since I first saw one of these ships, I wanted nothing more than to sail, to spend my life with them. Chrissie ... she's a musician. A really gifted one. She sailed with us, you know, each summer, playing and singing for the punters, but ... she's going to be famous, I think..