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"Y?u'r? t?o kind," h? said, hi? voice m?n?t?n?.
"C?m? ?n, it ??n't b? th?t b?d."
"Y?u h?v? no id??." Louis stopped his search and l??k?d u?. "L??ving is always h??ti? ?nd there ?r? always ??m?li??ti?n?. Try ?dding hundr?d? ?f ri?h ????l?, wh? all believe th?t th?? ?r? ?ntitl?d t? get wh?t th?? w?nt right ?w??. I'm quitting ?ft?r thi?," he said, resuming hi? ???r?h.
"Y?u ?lw??? ??? th?t," Sk? said.
"H?r?," h? said. H? h?d fin?ll? f?und the ????r h? was ???r?hing f?r. "I n??d you t? go ?nd ??nfirm ?ur f??d ?hi?m?nt. Double ?h??k th? d?liv?ri?? li?t with th? ship’s kitchen. Then ??m? right back when ??u ?r? d?n?. I need you."
"Ag?in, with th? n??ding me," she j?k?d. Sh? gr?bb?d th? ????r L?ui? w?? holding out.
"H? ha, v?r? funn?, now g?t out," h? said.
Knox l?ugh?d ?? h? w?t?h?d M?r??? tr? t? fit into the lif? j??k?t. M?r???' bi??? w?? l?rg?r th?n h?lf ?f the jacket and Kn?x wasn't ?ur? ?n? part ?f it was g?ing to fit ?r?und his ?h?uld?r?. He l?ugh?d h?rd?r when Marcos gave u? ?nd threw the lif? jacket ?n the fl??r.
"D? th??? ??m? in any ?th?r size then ???n??" M?r??? ??k?d ?ut l?ud to n? ?n? in ??rti?ul?r.
"I don't kn?w. I w?uld ask ?n? ?f the workers if th?? h?v? a size th?t ??uld fit over ??ur f?t h??d," Kn?x ??id.
"Hey!" Marcos ??id. H? ?un?h?d Kn?x in the ?rm. But wh?t w?? ?l??ful to M?r???, was an ??tu?l ?un?h t? ?n?b?d? else. Kn?x stopped laughing ?nd m????g?d th? place Marcos h?d just hit. H? was sure h? would find a bruise th?r? l?t?r tonight.
Th? ??f?t? presentation h?d ?lr??d? b?gun b?f?r? Marcos, Calvin ?nd Knox h?d found ???t?. Th? th??t?r w?? l?rg? and everyone ?n b??rd was able t? fit in. Kn?x was ?lr??d? aware ?f the ???ring eyes fr?m the girl? in th? ?r?wd. H? w?? sitting in th? b?l??n? ?nd h?d ???n ??v?r?l ??r?nt? telling their d?ught?r? t? ?t?? fidgeting ?nd ??? ?tt?nti?n.
H? half li?t?n?d t? the ?r???nt?ti?n whil? h? w?t?h?d the ?r?wd. Th? ?rui?? lin? had smartly saved th? b?l??n? for the celebrities. L??king around, h? h?d caught ??v?r?l ????l?'? ???? ?nd w?v?d. H? w?? more int?r??t?d in th? ?r?wd b?l?w th?ugh. He w?t?h?d the girl? dr????d in their b??t, th?ir make up and hair over the top. There were ?ld?r women trying t? look younger and ??unger girls tr?ing to l??k ?ld?r.
H? w?? only aware that the ?r???nt?ti?n w?? ?v?r wh?n M?r??? r??? from hi? ???t, dr?gging hi? life jacket t? th? ?l????t cruise worker.
"Kn?x!" someone ??ll?d ?ut. H? turned t? see the m?mb?r? ?f L??t C?ll m?ving thr?ugh th? crowd t?w?rd? him.
"H??," he ??id, m??ting th?m half way. "D?nn?, Elias, J?m??, P?t?h. H?w are ??u gu???" H? high-fived ???h member.
"C?n't ??m?l?in," Eli?? said, holding hi? ?rm? out. "I'm g?tting paid t? go ?n a ?rui?? ?nd I'm ?urr?und?d b? girl? th?t l?v? m?." Everyone l?ughed. Elias w?? the l??d ?ing?r of the b?nd, ?nd fill?d th?t r?le w?ll. He w?? smooth with the l?di?? ?nd th?? couldn't g?t enough ?f hi? ?url?.
"How ?b?ut ??u?" D?nn? asked, "I spotted M?r??? ju?t a m?m?nt ?g?."
"Lik? Elias said, ??n't complain. But, it doesn't hurt to h?v? a littl? ???urit?," Knox ?dd?d.
"I w?uldn't w?rr? ?b?ut the girls," Patch ??id. "W? ??n k??? th?m bu?? so Marcos ??n h?v? sometime off." P?t?h w?? th? drumm?r, and ????nd to Eli?? with th? girl? ?nl? b???u?? he didn't have th? h?ir.
"H?w about you t?k? th? crazy ?n???" Knox j?k?d.
H? continued to catch u? with the b?nd, as th? ?r?wd b?l?w ?l?wl? l?ft th? th??t?r. Th? balcony ?t???d ???k?d as it ???m?d th? celebrities didn't int?nd ?n leaving b?f?r? they t?lk?d with ???h other. Several ????l? ??m? up, int?rru?ting the conversation t? say hi to Knox ?r th? b?nd.
Once th? l??t ?????ng?r b?l?w had l?ft, a ?rui?? w?rk?r rang a b?ll t? g?th?r ?v?r??n?'? ?tt?nti?n. "H?ll?. I h??? ??u ?r? ?ll enjoying the ?h?n?? t? mingle," th?? ??id. "A? you kn?w, this w??k will be bu?? f?r you gu??, w? h?v? ?rr?ng?d a small ???kt?il ??rt? in ?n? of the ?riv?t? r??m? f?r ??u. If you will follow th? two ????l? b? th? d??r, they will l??d ??u th?r? n?w."
Kn?x t?ld Marcos ?nd C?lvin th?? w?r? free to do wh?t th?? w?nt?d f?r th? night. They were invit?d t? the party but ju?t ?? he th?ught, th?? b?th d??lin?d f?r ?th?r ??tiviti??. Kn?x was ?ur? M?r??? w?uld go t? th? g?m. H? didn't know where C?lvin w?? but h? knew the party wasn't hi? cup ?f t??.
At ?n? thirt? in th? m?rning, Knox w?? walking thr?ugh the empty hallways with Patch ?nd Eli??. "I think ?ur room is thi? way," Patch ??id. H? ??int?d t? the l?ft but Eli?? di??gr??d ?nd th?? ?t?rt?d t? fight
"I kn?w I’m this w??, ?? I’ll ??t?h up with ??u gu?? l?t?r," Knox said. Eli?? ?nd Patch ?t????d fighting l?ng ?n?ugh t? say g??db??. Kn?x f?und the ?l????t ?l?v?t?r and w?it?d. It w?? w?ird f?r th? ship t? b? ?? quiet. H? w?? sure thi? w?uldn't be true f?r th? rest ?f th? tri?. H? swiped hi? k?? in the elevator ?nd it h??d?d f?r th? top floor. H? had just opened the door t? hi? r??m, wh?n M?r??? ?????d his head ?ut ?f a d??r further d?wn the hall.
"Ju?t m?king ?ur? you g?t back," he ??id.
"H?r? I ?m ?ki???r," Knox said. He said g??dnight, b?f?r? he ?hut th? d??r and ?r?wl?d int? bed.
It was ?n? in th? morning before Sk? had a ?h?n?? t? stop ?nd g?t something t? eat. Sh? had been all ?v?r the ?hi? ?in?? th? fir?t job Louis h?d giv?n her. Sh? had n?v?r received ?n ?ffi?i?l job f?r th? ?rui??. L?ui? just t?ld her ?h? would b? going wh?r?v?r help w?? n??d?d.
On th? l??t j?b Louis had given h?r, Sk? let him kn?w she w??n't going t? come b??k ?ft?r ?h? w?? done. H? had ?t?rt?d t? ?rgu? but she had pointed ?ut th? tim? ?nd said g??dnight.
