The course is a little west of south. We're okay for a bit, just need to keep an eye open for buoys."Chrissie stood with a look of concentration on he...r face, moving the wheel slightly. Dave and Jessica moved about the boat but there was always one of them not too far away from Chrissie, who no longer looked green. In less than an hour, they were crossing the deep-water channel into Harwich and heading for the Medusa.Altering course a little further west, Alison took over with a grin at. ”“Credentials?”“Excellent.”“Okay.”“Great.”“When?”“One month.”“Good. Nurse, get some bandages.”As one, the two doctors turned to John. This time the groan that escaped from John was real. Alarmed the doctors asked, “What’s the matter?”“I think I’ve let two monsters loose on the world.”“John, I shouldn’t have let your brother rescue you when you were drowning!”“John, I should have let you die on that operating table!”Nurse John returned with bandages. It took the doctors several minutes to remove. But we're getting along really great, Betsy! And she's warm, and loving, and she doesn't seem to go into those blue funks, anymore!" That's wonderful, Chad." And I don't think I've screwed up, notably, even once." You mean -- by saying the wrong thing?" Right! And the longer I go without screwing up, the more relaxed I get. --And the more relaxed Shirley seems to get." I'm very pleased for both of you, Chad." You're a fucking genius, Betsy. You should get into couples counseling, full-time!". " As we sat there, before I realized what I had done, I rolled her hand over and I took her hand in mine and held it. As I was holding it, I was waiting for her to pull it back, but she didn't. She actually squeezed my hand in hers and I knew in that very moment that I had to have her somehow, some way. Karen was looking at me when she blurted out "You know, Annie thinks you and I would be a good match." "Really" I said. "Why's that"? "Not important" I followed. "The only thing that's important.