Arabella learned her duties well, became conversant with the strange terminology used by airmen, and developed cordial relations with the men in her mess. She overheard no further conversations in the head, nor were there any rumblings of mutiny among the crew on deck. Even the conversation she h...
For a bed, Tiago had the box spring from a child’s crib, stained and torn, over which was thrown a threadbare sheet that had perhaps once been pink. A battered plastic milk crate nearby held one pair of jelly shoes, three shirts too big for his skinny frame, two pair of shorts, some underwear, a ...