Drifters' Alliance, book 3
“I can’t.” Lucinda sounds annoyed and worried.
A male voice responds. “Okay.”
“Don’t say ‘okay’. I know what you mean when you do that. You’re saying okay but you mean it’s not okay.”
“I said okay. Okay means okay.”
“No, okay means you disapprove of my decision and think I should do something differently.”
“If you say so.”
Her boots stop just outside the curtain of roots that hides me. “I don’t say so, Papa, you say so!”
My throat closes up in excitement. Papa? What the … Is this her father? Has... he been hiding here all along?! I knew it! Holy shit, Lucinda is in so much trouble. I almost giggle with the idea of how much leverage this gives me. With a girl like her, leverage is a very, very good thing. This is the first bit of positive news I’ve had all day. I’m going to put aside the fact that this guy’s basically a stowaway on my ship.
They stand in front of me, toe to toe, wearing almost the same size shoe, although his footwear is more soft-soled than hers, like animal hides that have been barely treated.MoreLess
A male voice responds. “Okay.”
“Don’t say ‘okay’. I know what you mean when you do that. You’re saying okay but you mean it’s not okay.”
“I said okay. Okay means okay.”
“No, okay means you disapprove of my decision and think I should do something differently.”
“If you say so.”
Her boots stop just outside the curtain of roots that hides me. “I don’t say so, Papa, you say so!”
My throat closes up in excitement. Papa? What the … Is this her father? Has... he been hiding here all along?! I knew it! Holy shit, Lucinda is in so much trouble. I almost giggle with the idea of how much leverage this gives me. With a girl like her, leverage is a very, very good thing. This is the first bit of positive news I’ve had all day. I’m going to put aside the fact that this guy’s basically a stowaway on my ship.
They stand in front of me, toe to toe, wearing almost the same size shoe, although his footwear is more soft-soled than hers, like animal hides that have been barely treated.MoreLess
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