"An' ye think I've decided to suicide th' whole ship by plungin' i' inta th' starr?" Well... ," she said uncertainly.Igwanda was far less dubious. "Ha...e you?" he demanded.MacPherson ignored him to focus on Meiersdottir. "Missus, if ye ha'e sae li'le faith in me, whyivverr did ye name me cap'n again?"She could find nothing to say for a moment. Igwanda started to speak angrily again, but his wife laid a restraining hand on his shoulder. "Captain, we seem to have an inconsistency here that. ‘You know I can’t,’ her voice cracked. ‘I know,’ he said. ‘It was just a crazy idea.’ ‘I’m sorry,’ she began. ‘Don’t be,’ he said. ‘Will you come back?’ she asked weakly. ‘Of course. Yes, I want to,’ he said smiling at her. ‘I told you I would.’ ‘Good,’ she said. ‘This will take time. I have to………,’ her voice trailed. ‘You have to learn to trust me again,’ he said flatly already knowing what she was going to say. ‘I’m sorry, but it’s true,’ she answered. ‘But I want to trust you.’ Tom drew her. I watched them walk up to the door and heard the 'Ding Dong' of the doorbell.My little Connie was out of her chair and to the door in an instant. She knew the rules and looked around to see if I was there and waited for my nod of approval.Connie swung the door open and gaped at Gregg, without ever recognizing that his mother was with him, before saying, "Happy Valentine's Day, Gregg." She whipped a card out from behind her and stuck it out at him.Greg was messed up now. He probably had it all. The doors opened onto an empty first-floor landing. Both of them giggled and Charles reached over and pressed the button to close the doors so that the lift could continue its journey to the third floor. This time as the doors closed Alice hitched her dress and swiftly pulled down her knickers, stepping out of them and pushing them into Charles jacket pocket. Charles pulled her into his body again and they started to kiss passionately, the lift doors opened and still wrapped in each other’s.