"Damn, South and East. And they're only about ten minutes out. I have to help Mom!" Cindy finished and went running.Matt didn't wait to be told to go....He just turned and ran after Cindy. Jen checked the stuff that was left and sorted it into two piles. That was when Jason showed up carrying a web belt, which he tossed to Jen to put on as he went with the keys to open the storage compartment. It didn't take the two long to get the bigger pile loaded and the second pile into the rig to be put. Let’s sit here together and see how long it takes them to fire you for being on the clock and in uniform, and yet slacking off,” I chuckled as I took her hand again and we sat down to eat, both of us famished as could be.We barely got seated when I heard a cough, and yes, it was Madeira’s immediate supervisor, Lewis Dawes, who had a distinctly impatient look on his face. Lewis wasn’t exactly physically prepossessing and I got the impression that he bullied Madeira in order to make himself feel. Abe's uncle had him connected to sources of drugs and women before he died.He knew who to pay off at city hall so he could operate.Abe started making the business larger before his uncle was gone.Abe had been out of the Army nearly a year before Ray took his discharge.They had kept in touch and Ray looked Abe up several days after he got home to Birmingham.Abe offered Ray a job helping him run his business. Ray told Abe he would be out of place trying to do that. A 'white boy' would never fit. I rented the boat for the whole day and evening; she was bigger than my boat back home, but not by much so I was comfortable handling her. It was a big risk because Kellie was not used to being on the water; she knew nothing about and had very little experience on boats. But the ocean is a part of me and I needed to share this with her.We motored through the harbor and as we cleared the moorings I had Kellie take the wheel as I set the sails. Keeping an eye ahead, I needed to correct her course.