I wish it had b-been me instead," she said as she broke down and wept.I tried to soothe her, but she wasn't having it. "Leave me alone, Julia... pleas...!" she gasped, blindly pushing me away before she rose and fled, stumbling from the room. I heard the door of her bedroom click shut, but her sobs continued.I flopped down on the couch, my heart heavy as I listened to Mom cry. I felt overcome with helplessness. There was nothing that I could say or do to convince her how damn unreasonable she was. She open the journal once more."We awoke to much commotion and Katherine and I hurried to repair our clothes so that we might exit our cabin and go and find the source of the disturbance. I was much perturbed to see that the cause was a column of these black natives were being herded aboard our vessel and being dispatched with much vigour by their cruel masters down into the hold which had so recently been emptied of the cargo we had bought from England. They made for a pitiful sight for now I. She was on vacation, visiting her aunt. He was a lifeguard apprentice, saving a little girl with the 'breath of life'.She was immediately taken by his mere presence, the way he took control of the situation that involved him, while his mentor tended to the other victims of the boat crash. There was no time to wait for help. People's lives hung in the balance!The driver of the motorboat had been warned away from the jetties, but he was hell bent on showing off; that is, until the keel clipped an. Tony flipped the spoon and flung the deadly object into the main hallway. The grenade bounced off the opposite wall and landed smack in the middle of the shaft, right next to the machine gun nest.Tony dropped to the ground and covered his ears. The explosion rocked the tiny hallway. Sand, dust, and body parts blew through the mineshaft. A chunk of bloody flesh landed on Tony's shoe. With a disgusted look, he kicked the bloody mess to the floor and motioned for the other man to follow. Together,.