Carrie looked mournfully at her plate and followed the others out of the room. She hadn’t even had a single bite. Somehow, in the thirteen minutes t...hat Carrie was left she’d made herself look amazing. The black fitted bodice of the dress was made of satin and the skirt of floor length black tulle that was layered until it was opaque. When she slipped it on, the dress fit perfectly. She pulled her hair into a chignon and put on the black slippers that were waiting by her bed. She grabbed a dark. Law is a funny thing. Nothing is illegal until the law says it is. In America, innocent until proven guilty is a major tenet of the bill of rights and so is the statement that no law passed can include retroactivity. They have to catch you under the law not before it.Cleaning the crate was done by washing it with water from the lake ... it took several buckets but eventually it looked clean enough to eat off. Not that I would ... Pentwater Lake water ... eww!With all the dust and accumulated. Late Thursday we found out Jacks mother had to work a double shift both Friday and Saturday and his brother was going camping with his buddies leaving Jack to fend for himself but to help ease his mothers fear Jack said that he was staying with me for the weekend. She couldn't say thank you enough I told her it was no problem that we could entertain ourselves and that we would stay out of trouble and for her not to worry my parents will be home. Well everything I told Jacks mother was true but. When we were done, we should have two half-crews which could each sail the ship and fight if needed. Lieutenants Filo and Michael, the Commander, and myself were not going to be in either section.Once that was done Jono and Matto were going to roll dice to see who got tonight off and who had to stay onboard. Whoever it was who got the night off tonight, again they had to be back before noon so that the other half could have tomorrow night off. I pointed out that the sailor who had last night.