#Chapter 201 – Five Minutes

Gasping, I pull my face from Kent’s and snap my gaze to the door where – “JANEEN!” I shriek, scrambling suddenly to get out of Kent’s lap – Even though seconds ago I would have said that nothing could tear me away – But my sister – here on the ship! Does it mean - I clamber to my feet and hurl myself at her. Laughing, Janeen catches me in her arms. “Hey, baby,” she murmurs, giving me a tight hug. Desperate, I pull away, searching her face. “Does this mean – did dad –“ “He’s here,” she says, grinning and nodding to me. “I talked him into it – last minute. Apparently we got on the boat just moments before your boy here.” Janeen tilts her head towards Kent now and, beaming, I turn to see him still sitting on the floor, looking a little chagrined as he watches us, his arms looped casually around his bent knees. “Hey Kent,” Janeen says, grinning at him like a devil. “Didn’t think that the next time I saw you that you would be groping my sister in a shipping container with a horse in