Starship Sakira (Delphi in Space Book 1) by Bob Blanton

Author:Bob Blanton [blanton, bob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-04T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Treasure Ships

“You guys ready?” Blake asked Catie and Marc as they walked to the taxi. He’d stayed up after the poker game drinking expensive scotch whiskey from the Mea Huli’s bar.

“We’re ready. Not so much to worry about with a private flight.”

“It’s definitely going to spoil you,” Blake said.

“I like being spoiled,” Catie added.

“We’ve noticed,” Marc teased.

Catie stuck her tongue out at her father.

“I’ll see you guys in Antigua on Wednesday, Dude,” Blake said.

“We’ll be there.”

◆ ◆ ◆

The crew from the plane met Catie and Marc when they arrived at the private terminal. They immediately took their luggage, and the flight steward escorted them onto the plane.

“It’s just the two of you, so take any seat you wish,” she said. “My name is Fatima, and I’ll be taking care of you today.”

“Thank you,” Marc and Catie said together.

“Would you like anything before we take off? It should only be about ten minutes.”

“Orange juice for both of us,” Marc said.

“Only ten minutes,” Catie gushed. “Uncle Blake was right; this will definitely spoil us.”

Just as Fatima indicated, they were wheels-up ten minutes later. After the flight leveled off, Marc turned to Catie and said, “You know summer is almost over. We have to talk about when you head back to school.”

“No way!” Catie squeaked. “You can’t send me back.”

“You have to go to school,” Marc persisted.

“I can homeschool,” Catie shot back. “With ADI, it’ll be easy.”

“What about socializing with other kids?”

“I don’t socialize much anyway.”

“That’s a problem. You have to learn how to get along with others.”

“I get along with you and Uncle Blake. And then there’s Liz and Kal.”

“But you didn’t do too well with Sally.”

“We did alright when we were diving,” Catie defended herself. “But she was just silly.”

“You have to learn to get along with silly people. Sometimes you have to make nice, so you can accomplish your goals. What if you need Sally’s help one day? Do you think you bonded with her enough that you could count on her?”

“I wouldn’t want to have to count on her.”

“But if you had to. One day she could be the only person who could help you.”

“But, isn’t that using people?”

“No, it’s making contacts that you can count on. Even though she was silly, she seemed like a nice girl.”

“Yeah, she was.”

“Then you should have sucked it up and made friends with her. You don’t have to become best friends with everyone, but you need to create bonds with people. That takes practice.”

“Can’t I practice on adults?”

“Yes, but one day you’re going to find that the people in a position to help you are all around your age. You have to start learning how to make that work.”

“Okay, but that doesn’t mean I have to go to school,” Catie complained.

“Maybe not. But your mother is expecting you back in San Diego.”

“But she’s always at work. At least I can be with you when you work.”

“Maybe she needs you.”

“I think she was happy when I left for Hawaii.”

“Sure, she was glad to see you get a vacation, to get to see Uncle Blake and me.

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