They were returning with some fair amount of prize money as well, so those without families to take their earnings would be drinking and whoring by th...s time tomorrow. Among the crew was one with a special reason to be upbeat. He was the cabin boy, who had served Vice Admiral Sir Clifford Thompson this entire trip. His only thought was escape. To that end he had stolen a few short barrel staves and tied them around his body. He snuck on deck, and when the ship hit the valley between two waves,. Once they had known that she and Gavin were destined to pair bond, the couple hunting them had pulled her into the dreamscape. Imagining what? that she would be helpless and unable to resist? For some reason, even though she and Gavin hadn't yet fully bonded, a link had been possible, and she had escaped.In front of her, Mac's head rises, and his ears come to rigid attention."What is it boy, is Gavin home?" she whispers.If so, she might want to try and hide, just in case it's Al who checks in. No messages. This was the nightmare that I had feared. I got up, showered and prepared to run errands. Then finally, the phone rang, and it was Sarah. I took a deep breath and answered. “Hello”, I managed to muster in my best nonchalant voice. “Hi Jeff, its Sarah, how are you?”, was her reply. She began to tell me how busy at work she had been that week. She said that she had thought about calling a few times but never got up the nerve. I confided to her that I had did the same thing. Suddenly. Natasha had told me to do whatever needed to be done to put things right but as the day went on I found it difficult to continue from where we were. I sent Karen away for a while, whilst I sat down with a large black coffee to decide what to do. I wasn't trained or experienced in this sort of thing, so I decided to put two plans to Natasha. Once I'd formulated them I rang my boss.'Hi Natasha, I know you told me to handle things here, but I feel that it's just too big for me to take on without.