Presley fell asleep in the room with the mechanic watching over her unaware the twelve men on the ship not associated with Liborio were planning a fight of their own. As they stood in the kitchen eating cookies, they agreed their boss would not go lightly on them if they didn’t do everything they could to help a woman in trouble.
When Presley woke in the early morning, in the darkened room, she was aware of two things. One. The mechanic was standing by the door of his room, his face set in an angry mask and a weapon at his chest as if ready to use it. Two. Estrella’s voice was on the other side of the door yelling at someone in the kitchen about breakfast not being ready for her boss.
Presley sat up in bed and watched as Rami clutched his firearm as if struggling not to shoot through the
