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another door against the wall where the voices were coming from.
I followed and cast another look at the lifeboat. I stepped through the door and saw what must have been the recreation room for the lifeboat crews. There was a couple of large couches with a coffee table between them. Along one wall were some white cupboards. David was standing at the cupboards making the cups of coffee. Mike was on one of the couches with his boots up on the coffee table. Spirit was slowly walking round the room sniffing everything. Amy had dumped her rucksack in the corner and was looking out of a small window at the sea. Chris dropped his rucksack at one end of a couch and flopped down onto it.
Standing there at the doorway, I was the surprised at the way they all just relaxed in each other’s company. I lowered my rucksack against the end cupboard and walked over to where Amy was standing.
“A penny for them?” I asked standing behind her.
Without turning, she replied “Is this the right thing to do, Marc?”
I sighed and said “I hope so. It’s just that it feels like the right thing to do. Well, at least for me anyway.”
Turning around she looked up at me with large eyes and said “I’ve finally found you and since then we have been running around putting our lives on the line for other people. When will we ever have time for just us?”
Tell the truth, I didn’t have an answer to that. The way I saw it was that if people back at the Bunker had truly put their faith in me, then I need to make sure that they all survived and lived on even if I died trying to do that for them. Over Amy’s shoulder I could see the dark grey North Sea and the waves pounding the beach that was not even a hundred yards away.
I looked into her face and gently put my hand to her cheek saying “Amy, I don’t know if we will ever get to have any time just for us. The world has changed into an ugly place and we are all going to have to fight for our places in it.”
She pressed her head into my hand and sighed. Turning around, she leaned into my chest and we both stood watching the waves beat themselves against the beach.
“Brews are made.” David called.
I turned my head and nodded in his direction. Amy stood forward and we both headed over to sit down on the free couch. We all sat there in silence drinking our hot drinks.
Knowing no one was going to speak first, I decided that it should be me.
“Ok, so Amy and the not so friendly giant found me in Hull, and you two…” I pointed at Mike and David “came here to find a lifeboat, which you have. So here comes the hundred dollar question. Do any of you know where Benton’s ship is?” I asked.
I was surprised when it was Amy who answered. “It’s not a ship.”
There were several what’s spoken at that little nugget.
Raising my hands I said “Come on, guys, let her say her bit.”
I turned my head and looked at her. I could see the guys on the other couch lean forward as though they had hearing difficulties.
“I said it’s not a ship. You remember when we first met Rosa and Tom?” She asked.
“Yeah, she said her dad was some kind of big yup yup.” Chris said.
Amy looked sideways at me and said “Her second name is Benton.”
The room sort of tilted on its side and it felt hard for me to breathe.
“We’ve been living with her for weeks!” Mike said, standing.
“I know, I know.” Amy replied.
“How long have you known?” I whispered.
The rings round Amy’s eyes were starting to turn red, she turned her head away and said “She told me just after we got back from rescuing Jane and the others.”
“Hold on. So if it isn’t a ship, what the fuck is it?” David said.
Amy hitched in a few breaths before saying “It used to be an oil platform. She told me everything after we got back and saw that Chris and Marc had been hurt.”
“So Tom knew as well?” Chris asked, with his huge hands flexing beside him.
“No. Tom knows Rosa’s second name and what
I followed and cast another look at the lifeboat. I stepped through the door and saw what must have been the recreation room for the lifeboat crews. There was a couple of large couches with a coffee table between them. Along one wall were some white cupboards. David was standing at the cupboards making the cups of coffee. Mike was on one of the couches with his boots up on the coffee table. Spirit was slowly walking round the room sniffing everything. Amy had dumped her rucksack in the corner and was looking out of a small window at the sea. Chris dropped his rucksack at one end of a couch and flopped down onto it.
Standing there at the doorway, I was the surprised at the way they all just relaxed in each other’s company. I lowered my rucksack against the end cupboard and walked over to where Amy was standing.
“A penny for them?” I asked standing behind her.
Without turning, she replied “Is this the right thing to do, Marc?”
I sighed and said “I hope so. It’s just that it feels like the right thing to do. Well, at least for me anyway.”
Turning around she looked up at me with large eyes and said “I’ve finally found you and since then we have been running around putting our lives on the line for other people. When will we ever have time for just us?”
Tell the truth, I didn’t have an answer to that. The way I saw it was that if people back at the Bunker had truly put their faith in me, then I need to make sure that they all survived and lived on even if I died trying to do that for them. Over Amy’s shoulder I could see the dark grey North Sea and the waves pounding the beach that was not even a hundred yards away.
I looked into her face and gently put my hand to her cheek saying “Amy, I don’t know if we will ever get to have any time just for us. The world has changed into an ugly place and we are all going to have to fight for our places in it.”
She pressed her head into my hand and sighed. Turning around, she leaned into my chest and we both stood watching the waves beat themselves against the beach.
“Brews are made.” David called.
I turned my head and nodded in his direction. Amy stood forward and we both headed over to sit down on the free couch. We all sat there in silence drinking our hot drinks.
Knowing no one was going to speak first, I decided that it should be me.
“Ok, so Amy and the not so friendly giant found me in Hull, and you two…” I pointed at Mike and David “came here to find a lifeboat, which you have. So here comes the hundred dollar question. Do any of you know where Benton’s ship is?” I asked.
I was surprised when it was Amy who answered. “It’s not a ship.”
There were several what’s spoken at that little nugget.
Raising my hands I said “Come on, guys, let her say her bit.”
I turned my head and looked at her. I could see the guys on the other couch lean forward as though they had hearing difficulties.
“I said it’s not a ship. You remember when we first met Rosa and Tom?” She asked.
“Yeah, she said her dad was some kind of big yup yup.” Chris said.
Amy looked sideways at me and said “Her second name is Benton.”
The room sort of tilted on its side and it felt hard for me to breathe.
“We’ve been living with her for weeks!” Mike said, standing.
“I know, I know.” Amy replied.
“How long have you known?” I whispered.
The rings round Amy’s eyes were starting to turn red, she turned her head away and said “She told me just after we got back from rescuing Jane and the others.”
“Hold on. So if it isn’t a ship, what the fuck is it?” David said.
Amy hitched in a few breaths before saying “It used to be an oil platform. She told me everything after we got back and saw that Chris and Marc had been hurt.”
“So Tom knew as well?” Chris asked, with his huge hands flexing beside him.
“No. Tom knows Rosa’s second name and what
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