Chapter 5“No,” Mitch answered.
“No?”
“There are several boys among the children.”
“Okay, but there are no men, right? Except us two? Or are you hiding them someplace?”
Mitch smiled. “Took you long enough to notice.”
“Excuse me, pal. I’ve basically seen you, Bren, the doc, and a couple of others for the past five days. How the hell was I supposed to know this whole place was your harem?”
“There are sixty-six—sorry, sixty-seven including you—people aboard,” Mitch explained. “Us two, fourteen children, and fifty-one women. I don’t think I’d have the energy to keep fifty-one women satisfied.”
“Quit screwing around,” Cal said. “Just tell me what the f**k is the deal. You have no other men?”
“We had. Some left, or died on supply runs ashore. As for the rest…It’s been about eight months s
