I don't care about..." Money, I know. Arturo's great. It's just that you look much better." Thanks. You're so great for my self-esteem," Melanie said ...reamily. She let go of his arm and swam around him to face him. "Make a step, David!" Oh, crap, Mel! You know I can't..." Crap, right! Come on! Gimme a step! What can happen? You're in the water. You're wearing a life jacket."David stood undecided. Melanie was battling with herself, but then she nodded."David, make a step! Look! I'm standing. .OUCH….’ The last thing Allen heard was a thud as something fell to the floor up above his head. Grabbing a candle from the table in the foyer, he took the steps two at a time. ‘Shannon??…where are you?’…..he got no answer. His heart was racing and he wasn’t sure why….but he knew something was wrong, and it bothered him. Holding the candle higher he found an open bedroom door. As he moved quickly toward it he saw an outstretched leg…but no movement. Allen wasted no time getting to Shannon’s. After a few moments I managed to compose myself. It wasn’t a huge deal. We didn’t kiss and I could just blame it on the alcohol. Sorted. That didn’t stop me from being nervous when I walked back in, though. He was still sat on the sofa when I came in, but he was no longer holding the ice pack to his eye. He looked concerned, and opened his mouth as if to say something but I got there first. “Let’s forget about it, yeah? I’m going to get changed, I’ll be down in a minute.” I left to get changed. My brother and I learned a lot about helping the anglers, as well as a lot about fishing.Nate was a real good captain and could always seem to find fish. Most of the trips were for Dolphin and Wahoo, but we also had charters for billfish. Eddie and I also had to learn to clean the fish the customers kept. It was really yucky at first, but I got used to it.My brother and I received fifty dollars per charter plus tips. Most of the time, the tips were more than our wage, but not always. Eddie and.