"What do you mean she made you?" I said."We were going through a tough time and she told me to leave and never come back." I couldn't care less if you...two had your problems, but if you really loved me you would have still came to see me." I wanted to but she wouldn't let me! Listen, Emily I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart-" Sorry doesn't cut it! Sorry won't make up for the birthday's and the Christmas's that you missed, all the times I was left heartbroken by a guy..." I burst into tears.He. I was happy with how she was responding to treatment though. She seemed to be improving nicely now.I quickly devoured a ration bar and was drinking a bottle of water when I saw Alie's eyes flutter open, though she still looked very drowsy. She pushed the blankets aside slightly and motioned for me to join her.Happy to cuddle the beautiful young woman, I climbed into the bed and wrapped my arms around her, both of us drifting off to sleep rapidly.Jake and Alie continued much the same way for the. Bass, following the plan adopted by so many others of his kind cudgeled his brains for a means to get back that which he himself had stolen not so very long ago.Some time passed but presently Bass fell in with the notorious Captain Stede Storey, a fellow after his own kidney. The same day that Story anchored both his Ketch the "Black Howl" and his Sloop the "Satan's Strumpet" in Port Royal harbor Bass sought him out.Storey owed his very life to Bass who had saved him from a walk on the dreadful. Somewhere along the line, someone suggested that if they were going to work that hard, there should be a party to celebrate when it ended. That extended to a party when it began. Now there is a party every night. Go with the flow, but remember you have to be on the job when and where you’re assigned. You’ve made a commitment to the Forest.”“Thanks for the advice, Don.”“There will be rewards, too. Shake well!”Gee headed up Main Street toward Karen’s house wondering at the continued festive air..