Up at 5.30am for my dad to drive me to the airport. Passport control then, arrivals. I noticed a woman holding a piece of cardboard up withe words...ELLA in big letters written on it.The woman had very long black hair, with sunglasses top of her head, white blouse, jeans and sandals. She was so gorgeous I thought to myself."Hiiii, Ella, it's me Tess" she squealed , exited to see me. "It's me Tessa."Hiiii Tess " I squealed back. The hall must of thought us both bonkers.We hugged and kissed. " I care."I walked over and pecked him on the cheek as I placed my hand on the smallof his back, moving him towards the door. He looked as though he was going tosay something more, but apparently changed his mind. I closed the door behindhim.It was then I said, "Thank you."He cared. That was a start. It seemed I was coming to terms with myemotions after all.***Shopping with Kim was fun. She was feeling a touch out of sorts herself,and this was a good release for both of us. We went in and out. Oftmals war er tagelang, manchmal sogar eine ganze Woche weg. Er brachte Emilia alles wichtige bei um sicherzustellen, dass ihr nichts passieren würde.Obwohl sie nur 6 Jahre alt war, wusste sie bereits wie man ein Feuer machte und sich selbst Essen kochte. Eines Tages ging ihr Vater wieder einmal auf eine lange Geschäftsreise. Am Abend der Abreise sagte er wie immer: "Also gut Emmi, du kennst die Regeln, ja?" Ja!", rief sie stolz und zählte die Regeln noch einmal auf: "Kein Feuer vor dem. I thought to myself. "Oh my God. I'm having a mermaid fantasy. Of course she can't be real. After all were a thousand miles from the nearest land and thats even a long swim for a mermaid."I knew deep down that she couldn't be real, but I wanted her to be real. I needed her to be real. After months at sea without a woman, I was going to enjoy the sight of her regardless if she was real or not.I thought. "I have to keep my wits about me."But, I couldn't help but stare. She kept waving her arms at.