Chapter 7
Victoria smiled at Rob, doing her best to reassure him without saying anything that might upset Michael. His smile in return was a valiant effort that likely didn’t fool Jean or Father Hall any more than it did her.
Michael still stared at the tilting clockwork boat, drawing back with a grin when a minuscule black anchor slowly rose out of the surface that now shifted and sparkled like the sea.
She didn’t love the idea of moving too fast for Rob any more than for Michael, with such a huge change he would have to adjust to.
Years of solitary, if lonely, life were about to come to an end for Rob, and not just with one person. He was about to become part of a family of five adults and one teenage girl. Confined to a ship much like the toy in front of them for weeks, then fetchin
