“f**k,” I burbled out, with a mouthful of sea water to go with it.
“Maybe later, honey, I think it’s time to vacate the room and head either lower and inside, where it’s stable, or up, and either way, let’s grab life jackets first.”
We did. And then came a scratchy voice over the loudspeakers. “We have some power back and are going to turn into the storm. Things will be fine in just a few minutes. Stay where you are.”
“f**k you,” said my hero as he grabbed the two life jackets out of my closet and put them on us.
We didn’t have to decide where to go, however, as out our door I could see another ship alongside. It was smaller than ours, much smaller, but it had power and was steaming beside us, close beside us. I figured it had to be a tugboat. It was, and there were several others. As
