‘You have to untie me sometime,’ James Jr spat at his father. Blay ignored him while he helped Sarah, John, and William out of the boat. He and Mr Bishop unloaded the trunk and set it under a tree.
Mr Bishop ordered James Jr out of the boat. The child argued that his brothers were helped, and they didn’t have their hands tied behind their back. Mr Bishop took off his cap, wiped his forehead with the back of his hand, returned his cap to its rightful position, and glared at the boy. ‘I said, get out of the f*****g boat.’ Bishop’s voice was raised in such anger that John cried.
James Jr struggled to hold his balance, he moved to the side of the boat closest to the small dock, turned around, manoeuvred his backside to sit on the timbers, swung his legs out of the wherry, got to his knees, a
