Victoria clung to the sides of the small boat as it was lowered down over the side of the larger ship. She breathed a sigh of relief when it was rocki...g gently in the water. She glanced over at her husband. He was staring, transfixed, at the city beyond the harbor. He seemed like a different man to her. Of course, he was still her Henry, big and bear like, with unruly brown curly hair and brown eyes. As usual, he needed a shave, but it was the look in his eyes, that she didn’t recognize. That. She can only carry so much, and we’re already running low on oats for the horses again.”Ellerie sighed. “We need to have more time. Even another trip would only give us a few days. It’s not enough.”“We can bring more wagons next time,” Marco suggested. “How long could we stay here with five wagons full of supplies?”“Eight to ten days,” Boktar said. “It’ll be hard to find that many mules for sale nearby, though. We might have to go back to Perga.”“Ten days still won’t be enough,” Ellerie said.. Tommy's big head was still raising questions, but the little head was saying, 'Oh boy, oh boy.' He shrugged his shoulders, “Yeah sure... go ahead.” Kara looked at Bill. He was afraid to say anything. He could tell that Kara was actually considering it. Kara looked back at Tommy. He still wasn't completely okay with Kara getting naked in front of his cousin but he was resigned to, maybe even excited by, what seemed to be inevitable. Kara was going to do it, but it had to appear natural, not. My father was not happy with the news of me not attending college. He told me if I didn't go to college, I would need to get a job. I told my parents I wanted to find myself. My father was not impressed and told me to go find myself out of his house. I packed my bags and gathered all the money that I had saved and left my house. A few friends of mine had told me about a reasonable apartment in the city. The apartment was perfect and the landlord rented it to me. I had enough money to tide me.