Chapter 6Days blurred into weeks as Helena and the young captain would chat, take walks, and usually dine together when Captain McKenzie wasn’t busy with ship duties. Agnes’ cooking was to die for, another reason Helena appreciated their morning walks to keep her waistline from expanding.
Some nights later Helena woke with a start. She thought she heard shouting but everything was silent so she passed it off as a dream. Minutes ticked by before she heard more shouting and realized she definitely wasn’t dreaming as there was now the sound of heavy boots running atop the roof of the captain’s quarters. She sat bolt upright in bed as the door opened quietly and her heart, which had jumped up into her chest, calmed slightly when she realized it was Captain McKenzie in a halo of moonlight. Sta
