Story Prompt part 4

The woman shared another of her adventures with me so I am sharing it with you.

Cruise (Crews?)

“It was supposed to be a simple trip. All I did was book passage on a cargo ship to get me back home after my fiancé was arrested since I couldn’t afford a berth on a passenger ship.

Cargo ships don’t take many passengers so I soon found myself talking with members of the crew.

I had no idea why that seemed to upset the captain since I was careful to not interfere with their duties.

But, various crewmen started telling me how much they missed their families and how much they wished they could go home.

When I asked why they didn’t go they just shrugged and looked away.

It took me a long time to find out most of them had not signed on to be crew but the captain threatened to charge them with being stowaways if they told anyone they had been abducted and forced to serve on the ship.

But, I had a receipt showing I had paid for my passage.

So, at the next port I reported the captain and he was arrested.

And I had to find another way home.”

 

It’s been two days since she told me this story. I’m sure there have been other “incidents” in her life but if she doesn’t tell them to me, I can’t tell them to you. So we may never know about the rest of them.

Sorry about that.

TTYL,

Linda

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