Love a Sailor: A New Adult Romance (Love the Captain Book 1) by Amanda Sandton

Author:Amanda Sandton [Sandton, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Karibu Publishers
Published: 2014-09-04T07:00:00+00:00

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After breakfast Sukey and I stroll along the promenade deck on the way to the Playroom. We have left the winter behind. The air is balmy and the sea calm.

When we reach the aft of the ship, Sukey tugs my hand. “Merry, I can hear dogs barking. Do they have dogs on the boat?”

I stop and listen. Sukey’s right. Some ships allow dogs but I didn’t know that the Albion was one of them.

“Let’s have a look,” I say, drawing Sukey over to the ship’s plan in a frame on the wall. I pick Sukey up to look. She can’t read yet, but she likes to be part of everything that’s going on. In fact, she spots the kennels first. They’re marked with the picture of a dog.

She wriggles in my arms to be put down again on the deck. “Can we go and have a look? Please?”

I check their location. It’s not far, aft of the ship on a lower deck.

“Sure—” and Sukey is off, running down the deck as fast as her chubby little legs can carry her.

I catch up with her as she reaches the top of the companionway and grab her hand, just in time to stop her from tumbling down the iron steps. The kennel compound is fenced off with a notice saying that only owners may visit with the dogs, and so I turn away.

Sukey doesn’t understand. “Why are we going away, Merry? I want to see the dogs.”

I explain that we can’t and she starts to cry. Quietly at first. I kneel down and cuddle her. “It’s to keep the dogs safe, darling. The ship can’t have any old person going in there and upsetting them.”

A hand lands on my shoulder and I look up to find Pete and his sister standing behind me. “What’s the problem he asks? And who is this pretty little girl?”

I explain that Sukey is my cousin and it’s my turn to look after her for the day. When he hears she’s heartbroken because she wants to visit with the dogs, he smiles and says, “That’s no problem. We have our dog in here. I’ll vouch for you. The kennels aren’t full and the Kennel Master is a nice guy. I’m sure he’ll let you in.”

Pete rings the bell for the Kennel Master and explains the situation to him when he arrives. He isn’t too happy to break the rules, but agrees to let us in for a few minutes. Sukey’s been waiting, finger in mouth, for us adults to come to a decision. When the Kennel Master says it’s all right, she jumps up and down, shouting “Goody, goody.”

“Shush,” says the Kennel Master. “You can’t come in if you make a noise like that. You will frighten the dogs. This is a new place for them and they’re only just settling in.”

“Sorry,” she murmurs, and takes hold of my hand again.

He unlocks the gate, and Pete shepherds us in before him. “Wait here, while we fetch our dog,” he says.

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