Jada
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My smirk became a smile as we walked down the back alley behind my tavern towards the docks.

"So you are a sailor, hm?"

"Yes, my otoosan, how do you say the man who raise me?"

"Father?"

"Yes, father! He was a sailor, taught me everything I know also I met a dutch man he teach me dutch and english, which is good, no?"

"Yes it is passable. But will you be able to get passage on a boat here?"

I ducked into a side alley leaving Toru in the alley. I went inside a small dark and dusty room full of books and at the back of the room sat a little man.I slipped behind him and put my hands over him eyes.

"Who? what?" He mumbled out. I released my hands and he spun around in his chair."Jada! Things going ok at the tavern? Not too many drunks hitting on you tonight I hope."

"Well, that is not why I am here." I said with a frown on my face

"How much do you need this time?"

"I don't need money. It is nothing, it's just."

" I get it Jada, I have seen it all along why didn't I not guess it sooner."

"What do you mean? How did you find out so fast?"

"It is so apparent, so clear, I see it in your eyes."

"See what in my eyes?"

"You want to marry me. But Jada, how would my other employees feel? If I married you then I would up and have to marry all of them. Which would be great for all of you but very stressful on me."

"Oh! No, that is not what I meant you old crazy man. I remembered you bragging about your kid brother being a captain of a boat, said he sailed from here to Sierra Leone alot?"

"That is true but why does that matter any?"

"There is something I would love for you to do for me."

I grabbed a few things from my room, upstairs hugged Chester and thanked him. And walked out of the building with a sack about the size of Toru. I dangled it in front of him and he reluctantly took it

We walked up the boardwalk towards one of the nicer boats, the more expesive looking the boat the more protected, and the more likely to have room.

"Excuse me?" Toru said the captain. "Can we get passage on this boat?"

"Vous porc asiatique pourquoi vous parlez le non-sens ? Parlez comme un vrai homme !" said the captain with arm muscles bigger than Toru's head.

I started giggling, because it struck me as funny that Toru didn't know what in the world the man had just said to him.
I approached the man and put on a flirty face and quickly placed the note from Chester in his hand.

"Bonjour James, votre Chester de frère m'a dit alot de vous. Il m'a donné ceci vous donner. J'espère que vous soutiendrez les souhaits de votre frères. Excuser mon ami qu'il a été tombé sur sa tête comme un enfant"

He looked down at the note, and back up at me and he ushered us in.

I turned to look at Toru who was standing there slack jawed and with a puzzled look on his face.

"Translation please?" he said with his appearence unchanging.

"Oh I just got us onto the really nice boat. You can thank me by naming your first child after me of something fancy like that."

James ushered us to a room on board, it was small a servants quarters, just off the captain room.

"What do we have to do while on board?" Toru said aprehensive

"Oh, you know stuff...." I giggled