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Salomi tossed and turned and then sat up and sighed. She thought that the slight rocking of the boat would put her to sleep but it instead kept her awake. She got up and found some left over croissants and ate some from off the breakfast cart. She then walked out the cabin and looked out at the water. It was the most beautiful thing, seeing the moon and the sparkling water.
However, she couldn’t stay out there long in her little nightgown. The temperature dropped so low that she could see her breath. She shivered as she walked back to the cabin. She put her key in the hole and unlocked the door.
But before she could walk in, someone covered her mouth and pushed her in and closed the door behind them.
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Gabriel heard Adam’s whistle and quickly took what food he had already and ran.
The two of them heard of the big first class feast. They also knew that there would be a lot of food at this event and a lot of it would probably be wasted. And they were right, they snuck into the kitchen and the two of them picked several delicacies off of several dishes and hid them in napkins. Adam was also the lookout while Gabriel was in charge of stealing most of the food.
Gabriel ran out the kitchen but slipped on a puddle of water,”Ow! Shit!”he said
“Come on!”he heard Adam yell and then he was out of sight.
Gabriel struggled to get up and then started to run, but it wasn’t fast enough.”Hey! Get back here!”he heard someone call after him.
Gabriel picked up speed but the man was catching up to him. He ran out of the kitchen and ran up some steps to the top deck. He heard the man running behind him, he had to find somewhere to hide. He knocked over some chairs so it would slow the man down.
“Shit!”he heard the man yell. He tripped and fell over one of the chairs.
Gabriel ran faster and saw a figure ahead of him, they were unlocking a door. He could hide with them for a minute. He ran up behind them and covered their mouth and pushed them inside and closed and locked the door behind them. He turned around and then felt himself get kicked in the crotch.”Ahhhh!”he shouted as he fell to the floor.
Then the light was turned on and he saw Salomi standing there with a knife in her hand and she looked pretty pissed. He couldn’t help but laugh a little. This was the third time that he has run into her unexpectedly.
“You scared me!”she shouted at him and then looked down at him holding himself and realized what she did,”Oh Im sorry!”she said to him as she ran to him,”Are you ok?”she asked him
“Shhhhh…wait”he said as he heard footsteps running toward them from outside. They both sat there and then he heard the footsteps fade. The pain faded away a little too.”Im ok really”
“Ok…then what the hell were you thinking!?”she asked him.”What are you doing?”
He pulled the napkins out of his pocket,”Dinner”he explained
“And let me guess, you got caught and you were hightailing it out of there and you decide to assault me too…again?”she asked him
“No…well you were right about the first part”he said,”But I saw someone and decided that I would hide with them until the coast was clear. I didn’t know that it was you. Sorry about being so rough with you…but you understand right?”
“You weren’t that rough”she said to him,”I wouldn’t eat that stuff, it was nasty”
“Beggars cant be choosy”Gabriel said
Salomi sighed, feeling sorry for him. She got up and started putting croissants, sausage links and fruit on a plate.”Here”she said to him as she gave him the plate.”Do you need another one for your friend?”she asked him
“Oh no….Adam”Gabriel said as he slowly got up off the floor. Did he get caught too?
“Did he get caught too?”Salomi asked, reading his thoughts.
“I hope not. I don’t know”he said
“I hope not too”Salomi said,”What would happen if you get caught? Will you get thrown overboard?”she asked
“I don’t know and I don’t want to find out”he said,”Damn you have a mean kick”he said with a small laugh
Salomi smiled a little,”I used to be a bit of a tomboy….still am….kinda”
“I see”he said to her as he looked around,”Nice place you got here. Are you alone?”he asked her
“No Im with my father and my uncle”she said and then started making the other plate quickly. They could be back any minute and if they saw Gabriel here with her…alone…that would mean trouble.”Do you think the coast is clear yet?”she asked him
“Yeah I heard him pass the door”Gabriel said,”I should head out then. Don’t want you to get in trouble for helping me…again”he said
“Ok”she said as she walked him to the door,”And I mean it this time. If you two get hungry, don’t steal. Just ask”she said
“Really?”he asked her. She nodded,”Well thanks kid”he said to her
“Im not a kid”she said with a pout
“Me either”he said and winked.He opened the door slowly and looked around,”Ok thanks again Salomi”he said and ran off.
“Your welcome”she said mostly to herself as she watched him run off. She shook her head. What kind of trouble was he going to get himself into next?
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“Don’t panic and whatever you do, don’t look down”Abraham said as he held on to Dorothy tightly. He had her by one hand and it was starting to slip.
“Ohmygod too late!”Dorothy said as she closed her eyes,”Help me!”
“I am”he said to her,”Give me your other hand!”he said as he held onto her other hand and tried to reach with his other.
“I cant!”Dorothy said in a panic,”Abraham I don’t want to die!”
“Be strong Dorothy,please, for your own sake”he said to her as he held onto her as tight as he could but their hands were both sweating from the pressure that they were under, he could feel her slipping due to that moisture.
Dorothy cried out as she held onto him and reached with her other hand towards his outreaching hand. “Uh…come on!”she said to herself as she reached closer and closer and then she grabbed his hand,”Yes!”she said
“Ok don’t move”he said as he tried with all his might to pull her up.He pulled her up and she grabbed a hold of the railing.
“Whats going on here?”he heard someone say. It was Lucas and right behind him was Vernon. “Dorothy!”he said as he ran over,”How did this happen?!”he asked her and before she could answer, he started to shout.”WE NEED HELP OVER HERE! HELP SOMEONE PLEASE!”he yelled.
“Lucas Im fine!”Dorothy pleaded but then more men came over. Soon Abraham was moved out the way and three workers helped her back onto the boat. Soon a crowd was surrounding them wanting to know what the commotion was.
“Oh God, Dorothy are you ok sweetheart?”Lucas asked her as he hugged her right when she got over the railing. He kissed her cheeks and then grabbed her face and pulled it towards him,”Don’t ever scare me like that again! What happened!?”
“I don’t want to talk about it”Dorothy said barely above a whisper. She was shaking since it was so cold.
“Someone get her a blanket. Now!”Lucas ordered,”Everyone get out of here! Give her some air!”he said to everyone that was standing around. Soon the crowd dispersed but Abraham and Vernon stayed behind. Abraham couldn’t leave. A worker brought over a blanket and Lucas wrapped it around her. He saw that Vernon and Abraham were still there and he said,”Back to your room farmers. The show’s over”he said to them
“Lucas!”Dorothy said to him
“Come on Abe”Vernon said as he pulled him away,”I saved us some apple pies”he said to him
“Lucas! How could you be so rude! Abraham saved-“
“What is wrong with you!? Why are you doing this to yourself again!?”he asked her,”Please tell me that you weren’t trying to commit suicide again!”he said to her angrily
The tears fell down her face, it was mostly tears of joy because Abraham was there to save her. But also tears of pain because she was still hurting inside. She watched as Abraham walked away. Lucas looked and saw him.
“It was him!?”he asked her
“No Lucas! Don’t be stupid!”Dorothy said angrily. Why would he think that Abraham would have the audacity to try to kill her!? He saved her life!
“Well I don’t trust him. None of them. That farmer story that they told us at the table, its bullshit. Theres something funny about those guys-“
“Abraham helped me ok!? He saved my life!”Dorothy said
“Well he sure wasn’t doing a good job at it”Lucas said as he helped her up.”Come on, you need…sleep and a lot more of those pills”he said to her.
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Salomi looked down and saw Gabriel’s hat laying on the floor. Yep, she knew that it wouldn’t be the last seeing him. She would have to find him tomorrow and try to give it back to him. Then she heard voices and heard her father and Uncle Vernon approaching, in deep conversation. She quickly ran into her room and closed the door behind her.
“She was trying to kill herself?”Vernon asked Abraham in shock as they walked in. Once she heard him say that, she stood by the door and listened.
“Yes, but….damn I shouldn’t have told you. Its none of your business”Abraham said
“Why? Shes rich and an actress no less! She has a snob for a boyfriend but why would she want to do that?”
“People have their reasons”Abraham said,”I don’t know the details. But she lost someone. Recently and shes probably still mourning, whoever this person was, they were close. She kept saying she couldn’t go on without them”he said
Salomi sighed. He was talking about Dorothy.
“So she got so upset that she decided to jump ship?”Vernon asked,”How did you find her?”
“She was holding onto the railing. I tried to help her back up….then everyone came”he said
“Wow”Salomi said to herself. Dorothy tried to jump off the ship? She seemed so nice and polite at the table…
“Well thank God you were there. Lucas should have been thanking you not shooing us off like we’re damn rodents. See? Those rich people like him? They can all jump off the ship, I wouldn’t care”Vernon said
“I need to check on Lomi”Abraham said as she heard him walking toward the door. Salomi ran to the bed and got under the covers.
“Abe, please, don’t get all overprotective of her now. She’s fine. Salomi is happy, she has you”Vernon said to him
“I just need to check”Abraham said. What if Salomi felt the same way? She never met her mother but she must feel some type of remorse. Or guilt? Salomi died giving birth to her. Did that affect her mentally? Did she pretend to be happy sometimes? Has she ever considered suicide?
He walked into the room and saw Salomi sleeping in her bed. He smiled and walked over and sat on the bed next to her, he ran his fingers through her hair and then kissed her on her cheek.”I love you Lomi”he whispered. He then got up and walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.
Salomi opened her eyes,”I love you too Daddy”she whispered to herself and closed her eyes again and soon fell to sleep.
“I gotta get some sleep”Abraham said to Vernon,”Im going to try to relax for once on this trip”he said to him
“Alright see you in the morning…or early afternoon”Vernon said to him with a smile and walked into his room.
Abraham did the same and closed the door behind him. He took off his tie and tuxedo jacket and then heard something hit the floor. He looked down and saw Dorothy’s dragonfly clip. He had to return it to her soon. It was really important to her. Supposedly this clip was all she had of the person she lost. He put it on the small vanity table in his room. All he had left of Salomi was Salomi. It would kill him if he lost her too. He tried not to think of that as he continued to undress and get in bed and soon the boat rocked him to sleep.
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“Are you ok?”Lucas asked her for the 10,000th time it seemed.
“Lucas, Im fine”Dorothy said through gritted teeth as she brushed her hair and then drank some more water,”Can you just leave me alone please?”she asked him
“No, because the last time I did that, you tried to jump off a fucking boat!”he said to her
“Well sorry to cause you so much trouble!”she shouted at him. She got up and went toward her bedroom.
“No wait…..Dorothy…sorry. Its just…its crazy. Death is so definite and it kills me that you want that sometimes. Life is worth living”Lucas said to her as he stopped her. He took her hand in his.”All you need is love”he said to her and pulled her towards him and kissed her.
She pushed him away,”Lucas! Please! This is no time for romance!”she said to him angrily
“When is the best time Dorothy? I love you”he said to her
“Oh please-“
“No listen to me. I have loved you ever since you set foot on that stage at the Globe. Dorothy you are beautiful, talented….beautiful. Gosh I cant describe it-“
“I see”Dorothy said.”Its nice to know that Im only beautiful and talented”
“Dorothy. All you need is love. Why fight me? I know you want me, I know you do. If you just let down all those damned walls you have, you can love too. You will be happier and you wont even remember all the shit that has happened to you. It will all be in the past. Come with me to the future Dorothy, I will make you happy. When I hit it big on Broadway I will make so much money and I can support you and me…and the whole world if they wanted me to!”he said
Dorothy sighed as he rambled on about how rich he was going to be. How could any of his past girlfriends have thought that he was so romantic? He cant even compliment a woman without talking about himself. “Lucas please…Im tired”she said to him and walked into her room and closed the door behind her.
Lucas stood there and looked at the closed door.”You want me Dorothy. I know you do. You are probably laying there in that nice comfy bed of yours…thinking of me…laying next to you…holding you close…”he said. No response. “Fine…play hard to get…that’s right up my alley. I love a challenge, in anything I do. We can roleplay. You can play the actress who is hurting and I can play the cavaliered actor that will right his ways and win her heart…in time…once she comes around…but you will come around-“
Then Dorothy opened the door,”Lucas! Shut up!”she said and then closed the door.
“Ok…I’ll sleep on the couch”he said to her,”Don’t try anything funny you hear me?”he said to her. He then took off his tux and soon stripped down to his long johns and laid down on the couch. He took the afghan and wrapped it around him. He laid there in silence as he heard Dorothy move around. He heard her turn off the light in her room and he sat up on the couch.”If you kill yourself, I’ll kill you. You hear me!?”he said to her
“How romantic!”she shouted back.
He sighed and laid back down. He stared at the ceiling until he fell into a deep sleep.
Dorothy laid in bed, thankful that Lucas probably talked himself to sleep. She closed her eyes and let the waves of the Atlantic rock her into a deep slumber.
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