Laid by the Liner by V.T. Bonds EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: V.T. Bonds
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Bette
Hera’s scream pierces my ears. My fingers tangle in the net. I yank the
web of rope into the boat and snatch my makeshi holster from the railing
as I dart toward the helm.
“What’s wrong?” I call as I take the steps two at a me.
Fear colors my voice. I skid to a halt, huffing from my mad dash across
the boat.
Hera lies sprawled face down on the deck. She grunts and rolls onto her
back. Embarrassment adds a deeper red to her tanned cheeks.
“I slipped. I’m okay,” she says.
Envy streaks through me as her luscious brown hair gleams against the
floorboards. My blonde locks would blind anyone stupid enough to stare
for too long, making my head shine like a beacon in the bright midday sun.
I kneel and help her sit up. The grimace on her face worries me, but not
as much as the metallic scent of blood. I li the hems of her loose, taered
pants and reveal her skinned knees.
The three-year age gap between us seems like decades. Her round face
and vulnerable eyes tug at my heart. I wrap my arms around her and give
her the hug we both need before holding her shoulders at arm’s length.
“The sea’s calm today,” I say, unable to hide the frustraon in my voice.
“I know. I’m sorry. I wasn’t paying aenon, and I tripped,” she says.
Guilt slices through my chest as tears glimmer on her lashes, but I fill
my lungs with salty ocean air and blow the emoon away with my exhale.
“C’mon. Grandpa’ll kill me if he finds you like this when he gets back,” I
say as I move to her side and hook my arm under hers. She accepts my
help and limps down the stairs with me.
My accident-prone younger sister constantly sports scrapes and bruises
on her arms and legs. I shouldn’t have let her come topside with me, but
with so many people gone, I needed her as backup in case I fell overboard.
She may be clumsy, but she’s fully capable of deploying the safety ra.
“Is she okay?” Aune Bell asks as we climb down the steep ladder steps
into our living quarters.
“Yeah, she’s fine. Just tripped,” I say.
Hera trembles in embarrassment as Nannie Tike, the eldest female in
our extended family, shis in her bed to aim cloudy brown orbs at her.
Grandpa may be the only person we’re blood related to on this ny,
dilapidated fishing boat, but the other eight people onboard have treated
us like family ever since the day they pulled us out of the water. Half
drowned and fleeing from raiders, my parents and grandparents lucked out
when they found this ny oasis in the sea. Hera was too young to
remember much, but somemes I snap awake from nightmares filled with
fire, salt water, and screaming.
“Damn it, child, you scared me, thunkin’ right on top of my head. You
‘bout gave me a heart aack with that hollerin’, too,” Nannie Tike scolds.
Her white hair stands out amidst the greys and browns of our home, and
the shadows caused by the overhead light accentuate the wrinkles on her
face.
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