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“I’ if you want her, take her,” Colin answered

“Aye, sure I want her and I know she likes h to reassure her “But what can I do about it with all the creking at us?”

Colin laughed “Why should that , so I’ll allow your shyness, but you need to get over that Learn to take what you hen you want”

“Well…this time…?” Bunky hemmed

“Very well, very well, go ahead, take her down dockside, in the tall grass…she knohat it’s all about She is no virgin, so…go ahead, pleasure yourself,” Colin said, and snickered

Heather was astounded Colin was offering them a way to escape Yes, he was drunk, but even so, he wasn’t stupid What was he doing?

Bunky was on his feet and helping her up by holding her upper arm Colin stepped up to the two of them and said, “Hold on nohy don’t you just take her to the brothel and tell the her first custoood hour, as we don’t set sail for another two hours How is that?” Colin put up his hand “But tie her wrists again I know you’d like her to use her hands…but not this time, lad”

Bunky’s fists clenched at his sides He had never realized how truly low his captain had sunk over ti Heather as she quietly stood, and fixing her wrists lightly with the rope When this was done, he looked at his captain and said, “I’, aye, but not dumb And as to the rest, I won’t be sent about like that I don’t hold with brothels and I don’t mean to take her there”

Colin broke out laughing “Go on then, lay with her in the weeds, doesn’ther to me, and I’ll take her to the brothel so you won’t have to How is that?” his voice trailed off as he watched one of hiswoet back to work

“Hush now, miss,” Bunky said as he led her off the boat “We have to make it seem we are headed for the weeds Coli

n is good and bosky he is, or he wouldn’t let us do this”

“Then what?”

“We rinned wide He helped her off the boat, and pulled her along She was shivering and he stopped a htly about her

They used the cover of darkness to duck first into the tall grass, rush across the paved avenue, and take a dirt footpath towards the upper street that ran parallel and overlooked the harbor docks

Out of breath, Bunky and Heather paused before they rushed into an alley between the two streets and leaned against the side of a wood building