By ten o’clock, Emma finds herself nodding off with just the dark ocean to look at beneath her. As she falls asleep against Donald's shoulder, he b...gins to ponder more about what his aunt said when she laid down the law to him today. Of course, he will never do anything to hurt or anger Emma, but Dorothy’s assessment of his life feels like a knife being stuck in him. Knowing each comment’s thrust is accurate, and he deserves it.Donald mulls what his life was like before Emma entered it. And. Is that not true?" "Yes it is. you always know how to help me with that." "Great lets go!" After we arrived at Lucky Peak she told me to grab the panties and we walked down to the beach from the lookout point. Once at the beach she took both pairs of panties from me and said to strip before I can have my swimsuit. So Igot all the way down to my boxers and asked for the towel to block the view from the nearby boats and drivers on the highway above. "That's not how this works, you want my help. When Zoë disappeared from view through the floor opening, Jon placed a canvas luggage bag over each arm and started up the ladder. When he got through the opening, he saw his wife. She was leaning against an interior column, head down; embarrassed and humiliated. "This is not starting out too well." She stammered."It's okay, honey. We'll get through this. Things are going to be great."Jon turned and went back down to the boat to get the rest of the luggage. "They're gone," he said as he. " I shifted Michael higher on my hip, did an about face, andtrotted in the other direction.My son lifter his head from my shoulder and squinted up at me. "We atMommy's plane yet?"I brushed a few silky strands of his auburn hair behind his ear. "Notyet, pumpkin," I answered as I put on what I hoped was a reassuring smileto hide my worry. It was hard to do when I thought of how he'll probablyreact after he finds out about Theresa's plans to give him a 'decent'haircut. A shudder passed through me.