I decided to take them back towards the rift valley instead of going off and exploring elsewhere. The truth was that I had no inclination to search an...where else. When asked about it over supper the previous night, I'd just shrugged my shoulders. It had been Jane wanting to know where we were going. When I said I was heading back to the rift valley, several people had asked why. The only answer I was able to give was 'because'. It wasn't readily accepted."What do you mean?" Sally asked, voicing. ‘I had him once. I guess he shows up once a month or so and Beverly rotates him so no one ends up with him over and over.’ ‘Great.’ ‘Look, Marri, I know he’s terrible, but most of the guys aren’t like that. A lot of them are just lonely.’ ‘Whatever.’ I was starting to wish she’d never even told me about Torch in the first place. I was ready to turn in my keys and never go back. What could they do? Sue me? Hard to do when it wasn’t exactly a legal job to begin with. ‘Marri, you’re not quitting. A storm came up and a big wave came over the stern and swamped the engines. As we were tossed around, waves kept coming over the gunnels and filling the boat till we knew that it was going down. We sent out a mayday signal and put on our PFDs (life jackets) and looked to see what land we were near. The storm had let up a lot but the boat was too far gone to survive. Even small waves were coming over the sides. Finally the captain said that we were going to lose the ship at any minute and were. " she said in a british accent, which made Nicole laugh. "Hey. when i see something great, I like to announce it." She laughed. Nicole crouched down and opened the tine of paint, she poured it in the trays and covered the tin again. After about forty minutes of painting Karly got thirsty, seeing Nicole like this was also making her get a dry throat. "You want some water?" she asked as she started towards the door. "Yeah, please.." Nicole answered working hard on her side of the wall. Karly went.