Our Lord Oceanus likes to make sure that we don't forget him. You should be at sea when he sends one of those after your ship. My first time at sea I ...was Morgan's age, the wave that hit the side of our vessel was thirty feet high. It washed four men overboard. I was so scared that it took two men to make me let go of the rail." He laughed fondly at that memory."I can imagine. That's why I plan on staying land locked. You can have the sea, I'll walk."We both laughed at that. The rest of the trip. They practiced from 9 to 3, taking an hour for lunch. The ballet practiced from 4 to 10, with a half hour break. It was a long day for those musicians pulling double duty, and there were a few.I asked if I could come with her, and sit in the audience. She said I could, but would probably get bored. I told her that I'd take my chances, and if I couldn't take it anymore that, I'd find a bar or something.Lilly looked expectantly at Darcy, and Darcy said, "Lilly, I could use some relief before I. The coffee finished, so I poured a mug, dropped in a half-teaspoon of sugar and a gurgle of cream and set it with her food on the table. I shuffled past her. She quickly turned and touched my arm. I stopped and looked at her."Thank you, sweetheart," she said, almost shyly. "For everything. For last night, for this morning, for breakfast, for everything."I leaned in and kissed her gently on the cheek. "I love you, Mom," I whispered into her ear. They were the first words I'd uttered since we. After the meeting closes, I realise that I can?t remember whatwe?ve decided.But Emma is evidently still brooding on our conversation, as of courseam I, and she looks at me with concern in her eyes.?Is something wrong,? she says.But I don?t explain ? I can?t explain ? what is troubling me. There issomething about hope and expectation. When you feel that your innermostdesires and fantasies are unachievable, you can reconcile yourself tothat. But when hope irrationally flares, and it seems that.