Sea (A Stranded Novel) by Theresa Shaver Read Free Book Online Page B

go. Just take it easy on the water. We don’t have much and we have to conserve it ,” he yelled through the door.
    Emily thought she heard a muffled “Whatever” from behind the door and suggested they go back up and see if the boys had returned. The last thing she wanted was for Tim to see Lisa’s true colors and change his mind before they had even left the marina.
    The boys hadn’t returned yet so Emily tried to get to know Tim better. “This is a pretty big boat for one person, isn’t it?” she asked.
    “Yeah, it really is. I should have bought something smaller a while ago but I’m sentimental about the Lawless. My dad helped me buy it when I was nineteen. She was a wreck with so much damage that I didn’t think she’d ever float, let alone sail. But the price was right and he convinced me it would be a good project for the two of us. It took us two years just to get her on water and then another couple of years to outfit her properly. I’ve been sailing her for the past six years and have really come to love the big girl. The thing is, if I had traded her for something else, it would have been full of bells and whistles that would all be dead right now. So it’s a really good thing I kept her or we’d all be paddling a dinghy north.”
    Emily nodded her agreement. “I can’t thank you enough for this. The things we saw on the way here…it was horrible. I can only imagine how much worse it’s going to get. I don’t think we would have made it out alive.”
    Tim nodded thoughtfully. “I agree, this city is going to burn. Anyway, with all the supplies you guys have, it won’t be a burden for me to help you out. It will actually make things a little easier on me if Mason can help out some. And it’ll be a nice change to have some company. It’s a long couple of weeks to get up to Seattle so I’m glad to have you aboard.” He smiled reassuringly.
    The sound of engines could be heard so they both moved over to the dock and saw the three golf carts head ing their way. The boys parked and jumped out. Immediately, they started to unload the supplies from the back and passed them up to Tim and Emily. The deck started to fill up quickly so Emily started to carry things down into the cabin. On her fourth trip down, the living area had boxes and bags stacked everywhere and David followed her down with two cases of water.
    As he passed her he asked, “You ok ay?”
    She pushed her sweaty hair out of her eyes and nodded. “I can’t wait to get out of here. How much more is there to unload?”
    “We have everything aboard now. Tim, Mason and Mark just took two of the carts to scavenge from the restaurant. He wants us to try some of the closer boats for gas cans or other things we might be able to use.” David stretched his back after lowering the two cases of water and looked around. “Where’s Lisa?”
    Emily froze for a minute. She couldn’t believe she had forgotten about the girl. Her head slowly swiveled towards the bathroom door. “Lisa?” she called. When she didn’t get an answer, she went to the door and was about to knock when the door opened. Emily’s jaw dropped. She couldn’t believe her eyes. Lisa stood in front of her with her eye brows raised while she continued to dry her hair. She was naked except for a towel wrapped around her torso. Emily had to back away and close her eyes. She took deep breaths and tried to push her anger down. This…this stupid fool had had a shower!
    David was looking at Emily in confusion. He stepped forward to see into the bathroom and a look of disgust crossed his face at the sight of a dripping Lisa.
    “Are you really that stupid?” he asked her in surprise. “We need that water to live on. How much did you just waste?”
    “What is your damage? I was so sweaty and gross from the walk here. I needed to get cleaned up. We have plenty of bottled water to drink,” she said nastily.
    David shook his head in disbelief, “We could be on this boat for