eyes again felt that calming feeling inside me that everything would be fine. At that very moment, a loud and angry voice tore me from my thoughts. "What happened here? You there, stay away from her!" one of the sailors yelled at Trunks, who got up on it and innocently put his hands in his trouser pockets. "Call the captain at once!" the sailor ordered another. This immediately ran back and disappeared inside the ship.


Still completely perplexed, I got up a little wobbly and sat on the bench opposite. "Are you okay, miss?" the sailor asked worriedly and looked suspiciously at Trunks, who was still standing in the same place. I took a deep breath and put my hand on my chest to calm my heart, which was starting to beat like crazy again. And then I heard a greasy voice in front of me and looked up full of bad premonitions, which were confirmed. I looked straight into the eyes of Celton, who came running up with the captain and his spy, Mr Lovejoy.Celton immediately sat down next to me and wrapped me in a rug. "Everything alright, my sugar bowl? Do you want some tea?" I nodded and gratefully took the hot tea from his hand. Then Celton got up, walked quickly to Trunks and angrily grabbed his collar. "What are you thinking of laying your hand on my fiancée, huh? Answer!" "Cerl! Cerl, stop it!" I called over to him and got up. "It was an accident!" "E-An accident?" he asked incredulously and looked at Trunks contemptuously. The captain had already tied the handcuffs to Trunk's hands behind his back and was already leading him away when I walked over to them. "Yes ... I ... uh ... I leaned too far over the railing because I ... the ... the ... the ... um, the ..." "Propellers?" Celton interrupted me. "Yes, exactly! Wanted to see the propellers! I leaned too far forward and suddenly slipped. If Mr. Dorson hadn't helped me, I would have fallen into the sea."I lied quickly and looked at Celton as innocently as possible." Was that so? "Asked the captain Trunks, who eyed me with a mixture of incomprehensibility and confusion, as if he could not believe that I was lying to my fiancé. I looked at him piercingly and nodded slightly, to which he replied without taking his eyes off me: "Yes, in something like that it was! "" Well, if that is the case, you are a hero! Well done my son. "The captain smiled and freed him from the handcuffs." Well, we'd better go back in now. "It came from Celton and he was just about to bring me below deck with gentle force when Mr. Lovejoy's voice came from behind us," Don't you think he deserves a reward? "" oh, sure! I think 20 dollars should be enough. "Gave Celton back dry." Oh, is that worth your fiancée to you? "I asked him with raised eyebrows. That was again typical Celton Hockley. He looked at me with a grin."Oh, Pan is upset! What can you do? Ah, I know!" He went to Trunks, who was just busy putting his shoes on again. "Mr. Dorson, we'd love to have you dinner with us tomorrow night," Celton said, but I couldn't miss the sneaky grin that appeared on his lips. Sure, that was the opportunity to embarrass him in front of society. I had already suspected that Trunks would refuse, but to my great surprise he replied: "Sure, I'll be there!" and put a cigarette in his mouth. “Well, that would be sorted out now.” Satisfied with himself, he turned back to me and took me to my apartment.


The night was clear and stars hung. I tossed and turned restlessly in my bed. I couldn't get this drink out of my head that saved my life. I had to talk to him again, I finally decided. After all, I didn't even have the time to thank him!I told myself that that's why I wanted to see him again, but inside I knew it wasn't quite true.




"The next morning I met Trunks out on the keel." Mr Dorson? "He turned to me and smiled at me." Hello! Slept well? "I nodded silently and stepped over to him." I wanted to thank you again for saving me yesterday. "" Oh, don't worry! What else should I have done? "He smiled, but I didn't smile back, but turned away from him and looked out over the sea." Listen, Mr Dorson, "I began." Trunks! "He interrupted me. I looked at him uncertainly." Trunks. Look, I can well imagine what you think of me! Poor little girl, what does she know of the evil in the world? Probably .... "But I couldn't get any further because Trunks grabbed my arm and looked me straight in the eye." No. No, I thought: What can have happened to this girl that she thinks she has no way out?"" Well ... "I looked a little blushed to the side and thought about what to say. Trunks seemed to sense my insecurity and let go of me. I leaned against the railing and said:" There ... there are many Reasons! My whole world and the people who are in it! And the whole time I feel like I'm standing in a crowded room and screaming out loud, but nobody even looks up at me. It's so depressing. Nobody seems to see how I am! "As soon as I had said that, I felt better and my heart felt lighter, as if someone had taken all these stones that filled my heart from me and thrown them away. I took a sigh of relief, but the question, which he asked me now, made my heart beat irregularly again. "Do you love him? I asked puzzled. "Do you love him?" He repeated. What should I say to that? I knew that by "him" Celton was meant, but before I even knew what I was saying was even the sentence: "That's the last!You mustn't ask me such a thing! "Came from my lips." It's very simple! Do you love the guy or not? "" Ha, that's probably not a topic for conversation. You don't know me and I don't know you and we shouldn't have such a conversation. "I snapped back and walked around him. Trunks grinned as if he had won something or found something no one else knew." Why can't you just answer? "He asked me, looking at me expectantly. Why? Why "Why? Why? This question echoed in my head like an unmistakable echo and my eyes narrowed painfully. Yes, why couldn't I answer? Because I didn't know the answer myself? Or while I was embarrassed to admit that." I didn't love him? Nonsense, what was I thinking? Of course I loved Cerl, after all we would get married soon. “You are tactless!” I said harshly and shook his hand. “I will go now.Trunks, Mr. Dorson, it's been an honor to speak to you. I wanted to apologize to you and I did that and ... "" And you insulted me! "Trunks interrupted me, still grinning. What was he grinning about? Was he making fun of me? For a moment I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to answer, but then I replied, "You deserved it too! I will go now. "I snapped around on my heel and took a few steps when I stopped abruptly. Why was I going? I was a Son, one of the noblest women on the ship and he was only a third class passenger! Resolutely I stepped back towards the surprised Trunks. "Wait a minute, this is my half of the ship! They will go. "Trunks gave an amusing laugh at that." Oho, look at you. Who is tactless here? "" Uh ... "Shit, that was true! He was right, this time I was tactless, but of course I would never admit that.While I was feverishly considering a good argument for his remark, my eyes fell on an elongated brown folder that he had tucked under his arm. "What is that silly thing that you are carrying around with you?" I asked quickly, to distract from myself, and snatched the folder from him. When I opened it, I saw a drawn man with his little daughter. "Oh, that's just ..." Trunks began a little embarrassed and wanted to take the folder away from me, but I sat down with her on one of the benches and turned the pages. "So ... they're pretty good ... very good actually. Are you an artist or something?" I asked as the pictures impressed me more and more. "Trunks, that's great work!" I said, fascinated, and kept turning the pages until a couple of naked women looked at me. “Where did you draw that?” Trunks sat down next to me and looked a little embarrassed at the floor. "Oh, that was in Paris. That's the good thing about the city.Many women are ready to take off their clothes. "" I imagine you had an affair with some of them. "I said and looked at him with an oblique grin. But Trunks shook his head, to my surprise." No, most of them were prostitutes! "" Oh! "I said and could not help but notice how a stone from my heart much. How that? Was I a little jealous? No, it couldn't be. I quickly pushed these silly thoughts away and closed the folder again to. "I admire you, Trunks. Why can't I just be like you? Just walk towards the horizon whenever I feel like it! "I got up and looked at the sunset, which made the water shimmer reddish." Why don't we go horse riding on the beach together? And so let's just talk about it! "" No, we will do it! "Came from behind me and Trunks came next to me and watched the sunset with me. And for the very first time in my whole life I felt something like well-being, like real satisfaction."But then you have to ride like a man!" "You mean ... one leg on each side?" I asked a little shocked and he nodded with a smile. "N-Well. They teach me to ride like a man ..." "And to chew tobacco like a man!" he interrupted me. “And spit like a man.” I joked, looking into his eyes. Those eyes were so pure and clear that you couldn't read any malice or anything else in them. I had to try not to sink into them. "Didn't you learn that at secondary school for girls?" Trunks asked me. I laughed and shook my head. “Come on, I'll show you,” Trunks said, collecting spit in his mouth. Was he serious? "No Trunks, you can't do that! Not here, I ..." But he was already haunted into the water. "So, now it's your turn!" "So ... um ..." A bit confused, I also collected some spit in my mouth and spit it over the railing into the water. And immediately a nauseating feeling came to my stomach. "That's disgusting!" I said with a twisted expression and looked at Trunks, who had to laugh.“That was pathetic, you have to get it up from deep down. It's best that way, you see?” He