The little boy sensed her fear, and he quickly wrapped his arms around her.He said, "Don't be afraid, Alicia."

He covered the little girl's ears and tried his best to comfort her.

The girl wasn't as brave as him, after all.

Tears started to stream down her face when she thought about her dad ending up like the cat.She was scared.

Terrified.

Her dad and brother were the only people she had left in the world.

What would they do if their dad died? The breeze blew on the sea, and the waves crashed against the reef.

They could hear the sounds clearly.

Then, they heard more and more people running around them.

The girl bit down on her lip.She didn't dare to make a sound.

Back on the cargo ship, Logan sprung to his feet when he heard the gunshots.He quickly went to the side of the ship to look at what was going on.

Olivia heard the gunshots, too.She started to feel nervous even though she felt like the gunshots were far away.

"What happened?"

said with a serious expression, "Don't be

to do with

must have happened on the

don't belong to any countries.We'll be safe as long as we stay on the ship.Even though Logan's words made sense, Olivia felt like things wouldn't be so simple.The ship needed repairs so suddenly.And they had to delay the departure time.Those were ominous signs.These places were lawless.No one knew what would

the ship.When can we set

Ms.Fordham.You should go back to your room and stay there.I'll take you

of something and turned around to

can always trust

he ran

headed back to her room for

came back to her

worry, Ms.Fordham.I've looked into it.There was a gunfight on

area.The person got away.We are not

Olivai sighed in relief.

That was good news.

talked to the captain.They will be coming back on the ship as soon as possible.There are some big and strong sailors on

Olivia rubbed her temples.

overthinking.You should

"Alright."

It was late.

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