After my two-day holiday I got back to work, keeping Aldo and Brian with me. Thunder was ready to go to sea, but it needed to be supplied and crewed. ... got people moving on that. Filo had taken most of the officers, but Jono was available. Great, he’d be First Lieutenant on Thunder and Prize Captain if we caught anything. Once I had Jono onboard, I could turn the supply and crew problem over to him and move to the next project.Dolphin needed to be pulled out; the watchmen had to bail it every. “Yes Eddie,” Joanne said. “She was one of the more amazing people who have walked this earth. I loved her and miss her.”“Me too,” said Eddie. “And her ass?”“Spectacular,” Joanne chuckled.“See? One thing about Nige is she was smart. Brilliant. Not just as a musician, and at that she was the best bassist ever. Why she slummed with me, I don’t know, but I’m thankful she did. But she knew we couldn’t include sex in our relationship. She knew it would cause problems. So she chose not to and stuck to. “Would you like to see my boobies next time?” Paget stood, collected her blouse and skirt, and dressed herself.“I think it’s time to go.” Patrick buttoned his pants, tucking his still hard dick into his waistband.Paget looked down at the watch on her wrist. “Right you are. Fifty minutes on the nose. Run along now.” She put on her heels and waved him toward the door.“Goodbye, Mrs. Epman.” Patrick stood and quickly retreated to the door. “Thank you.”“Patrick Lannit, always so polite.” Paget. .. feel it in there. Something inside waited for me to fill it. To imbue it with my essence or empower it or however my powers worked. I couldn't... penetrate it. Something... blocked the access to it, like I had to figure out how to open a spiritual door or something.“Do you have a key for the key?” I muttered, shaking my head. I pulled my head away. “I can't operate it.”“Of course you can't,” Theophil said. “You haven't created anything on your own. Yet.”“Surely I have,” I said. “I've.