As you may have noticed, sharing makeup tips and talking about boys is not really my idea of a good time. And that has nothing to do with the fact tha... I'm a lesbian. I just don't enjoy pretending to be shallow just to live up to the image people have of beautiful women—is it presumptuous of me to refer to myself as beautiful? Well, I don't really care even if it is.Thankfully, my friends were not the ditsy, shallow type either. However, that didn't mean they were ugly. In fact, I'd had a crush. “Will Stirling.”“Harker,” the sailor said. “What the hell do we need nine smallboats for?” There it was. Will knew if he gave an inch they’d hound him about it forever.“A magic trick,” Will said with a wry grin.“I hope it involves you turning invisible. Lace wants to hang ya,” Harker chuckled.“Usually people have to meet me first before they want me dead. Who’s Lace?” Will asked.Harker gestured with his head toward the mast. “Take a guess.”“She’s your rigging master?” Will asked. “I hear. ” With a half heart.She said “Please come on, you have come for the first time, is it time for college.” She asked.I said, “Ya, but its ok, I will go late today, no problem.”I was overjoyed. She was looking beautiful in a light green sari and blouse.I asked, “Where is your child, er….”She said, “My name is Anjana and my son Rahul has gone to school and I have to bring him back from school after two hours.”I said, “Oh, do u know my name is also Rahul.”She laughed and we began to chat for a while. It's not a done deal. You have to give us time to get it all worked out. Call us at least twice a day. You can call collect from the hospital. We'll let you know the progress. We may have to come down to get her ourselves. Have faith in us, Brian. Believe in us like we all believe in you."The clan—The Clan of the Heart—is bigger than Casa del Fuego. The fourteen of us in our casa are hearthmates. The thirty-eight in our clan are cousins. We're all family. But there is more family than just us..