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36. LOVE BOAT

~PAMELA

I was worried about my safety and if you could believe it, for Stephan's safety as well. I was not used to this kind of life so I could not understand how he could be so calm after all the things I have just been through.

I was tired and in the middle of the sea on a stealth yacht heading for nowhere in particular. I was working in a fast-food restaurant before I was dragged into this battle for my life.

It felt so unfair to me. One moment I was basking in freedom and the next I was shooting guns at people I didn't know. I had been drafted into a war that I did not start.

Stephan had packed the plates into the kitchen and was washing them. I used that time to explore the yacht. We were below deck, protected from the cold outside.

I looked out the window and all I could see was darkness and endless waves of water. The yacht rocked from side to side as lightning struck, the flash of light revealing just how far into the sea we were.

It was raining and it increased