Heart of Glass (2011)
“He’d made three trips upstairs in three days, each trip a miracle in and of itself. He brushed the rain off his shoulders and ran his hand through his damp hair. Unable to manage both an umbrella and his cane, each day he’d walked through a steady rain that hadn’t been letting up.
He opened the closest door, stepped into the dining room, and heard the sound of the children in the sitting room just beyond. The pocket doors were open a few inches and he could clearly hear their young voices. Coli...n wiped his face with his sleeve as he listened.
“Have you seen the pirate captain? Have you seen the scurvy cabin boy?” Marie’s voice was stronger and more forceful than he’d ever heard it. Whenever he was around the girl, she barely spoke, and when she did, she whispered.
Damian shouted back, “Nay! I haven’t seen the blackguards, but when I do I’ll have them clamped in irons and make them walk the plank. Or maybe I’ll keelhaul them for drinking my rum! Yo, ho, ho!”
Colin began doubting the wisdom of gifting them with A Pirate’s Tale.MoreLess
He opened the closest door, stepped into the dining room, and heard the sound of the children in the sitting room just beyond. The pocket doors were open a few inches and he could clearly hear their young voices. Coli...n wiped his face with his sleeve as he listened.
“Have you seen the pirate captain? Have you seen the scurvy cabin boy?” Marie’s voice was stronger and more forceful than he’d ever heard it. Whenever he was around the girl, she barely spoke, and when she did, she whispered.
Damian shouted back, “Nay! I haven’t seen the blackguards, but when I do I’ll have them clamped in irons and make them walk the plank. Or maybe I’ll keelhaul them for drinking my rum! Yo, ho, ho!”
Colin began doubting the wisdom of gifting them with A Pirate’s Tale.MoreLess
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