She looked down at her watch as though she could read the time through its glass lens. Tom’s gaze drifted to the front of the boat where Mrs. They both knew the odds were against them but somehow, they had to win. But she couldn’t do it alone he had to help her. That much was evident from her determination not to pay the men who were now her crew or the woman who owed her money. Her confidence gave Tom the courage to ask, “And when is this going to happen?” “It won’t matter once we’ve taken control of this ship,” said Lulu confidently. Bixby, she wouldn’t take kindly to being tricked into leaving town empty-handed. And if she could manage something like that, then she must be right about her suspicions.īut how exactly did she think she was going to pull it off? If the other two women were anything like Mrs. Bixby anything, which meant she would have to make it work. Lulu had come up with a plan to get all four hands aboard the Blackbird without paying them or Mrs. His only hope of saving himself and everyone else in this predicament rested solely on his sister’s ability to outmaneuver those three mean-spirited heart pirates. She was always telling him to do things her way-and it worked well enough for her, so why would anyone listen to him? It was probably a good thing she wasn’t there because Lulu had no intention of letting them go anywhere until they paid off their debt and she got the gold back from Mrs. He’d seen that same look on his mother’s face before he left for New York City with the promise of a job at the Brooklyn Daily Tribune. “You’re just jealous.” Her smile didn’t fool him. Stories similar to this that you might like too.
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