CHAPTER 5
Orchid huddled with Maine at her side, an eternal chill inside her again. She’d felt like this after finding out Henry had passed away. Lost at sea was the term the Coast Guard had used, and Orchid never did get to see her husband again.
The thoughts of him out there in the ocean, somewhere, had haunted her for months. Even now, she couldn’t stop thinking about it.
The remaining people on the boat sat in the conference room, saying nothing.
If only she hadn’t frozen in her doorway. Then she could’ve been one of the earlier people in line to move from the bad ship to the working one. As it was, she’d had to wait for Maine to show up, and the weakness inside her seemed to grow and bloom, staining everything.
The ship lurched, and a massive, metal-on-metal sound met her ears. T
