I worked steadily for the entire morning, putting stuff away and shaping up the apartment.By 11 a.m., it was lookin' pretty trim. I wondered if my nei...ghbors would be interested in lunch. What better way to become more intimately acquainted. Sunday lunch. Or, if they were late sleepers, Sunday brunch, even. There was an IHOP nearby.All right, so some people sneer at IHOP. I'm not one of them, OK?I remembered both girls' full names, and tried the telephone directory. They were both in there --. ‘Is it okay if I come in?' he asked. ‘I don't want to infringe on your privacy but I think we should start talking to each other. We wander in and out of the house like total strangers. I don't think that’s very healthy.'I nodded and sat upright on my bed, folded my arms across my knees and pulled them up to my chest.‘Shall I put the light on?'‘Not the main light,' I said. I didn't want my swollen eyes and tear splattered cheeks on view. Instead, I turned on the bedside lamp and its soft hue. His hands came to her hips and gently began to massage. ‘Well, I’m going to need to see a doctor from time to time. And when it gets closer to my due date I’m going to have to start taking Lamaze classes…’ she drew a deep breath. ‘We won’t be able to stay on the island all the time until the baby is born.’ ‘I had thought about that. I just didn’t know how to bring it up.’ Since they had met they rarely went to the mainland. Even though Arianna knew she was safe with Mark she still felt. The children aged from babies in arms to seventeen year old high school girls ... the boys stayed."The ship was 235 feet of slow moving rust. She had a crew of 23 ... mostly stokers ... a Captain ... Angus Alabaster, from Australia. Harold Potter, first mate, from Michigan. Jonathan Stokes, England ... second mate, Scott McTavish, Chief engineer from Aberdeen, Scotland. None of the officers actually had a 'ticket' for their position. Alabaster owned the ship ... along with the bank ... he was.