Chapter 23: Quiet as a Mouse

BOAT ON THE WATER

POV DESMOND

"You're going to make us late!" I shouted playfully at Nathaniel as I pulled him off me as he tried to keep us in the house. It had taken all my will to not get fully wrapped up in him.

"Fine, but I can't promise I will keep my hands to myself," Nathaniel teased as we made our way to the docks. The sun had just set, and the town was full of more people than it was yesterday. We made our way through the crowd and to the boat I had reserved for the evening.

"Good afternoon Mr. Blakely," the captain, Mitchell, called from the boat. "Ready to cast off?"

"Hello Mitchell, yes we are ready for a wonderful evening," I said with a smile as we boarded. "Is it just you manning the ship tonight?"

"I have my first mate, Dustin, below decks at the moment. It will just be us two and you tonight," he said, welcoming us aboard.

"Lovely. Did you get my special requests?" I asked.