The Sailor’s Love

Chapter 19 Dressed in some clothes he borrowed for Adam, Junior sat on the edge of the couch as Joanne combed his hair. Adam and Matthew waited for her to finish so they could go out and the twins watched amused as they waited for Sam to arrive. “Annie, leave the poor lad alone,” Her […]

Chapter 18 Joanne gave the men a look not to argue. She knew as well as them that they needed him to get on the ship. “Sam, why don’t you just move on to another girl? You know you sleep with enough.” It was true. He was just another version of her older twin brothers.

Chapter 17 “He can’t be,” She mumbled, with her father close behind. “What’s wrong, honey? I thought you’d be happy he was a success?” “But… But…” She stuttered going into her bedroom. She grabbed a pile of books from her side table and pulled a book from the centre. Sitting on the edge of the

Chapter 16 Thirty minutes later and both the twins and Joanne had dressed in their original clothing. They even found some men’s clothing in the bag their dad had brought which fitted Junior. “Very handsome,” Joanne grinned looking at her fiancé who was now dressed in modern jeans and a sweater, but still his own

Chapter 15 Whilst Andrew told his old friend and Adam about his son’s change since meeting Annie in hopes of convincing him to allow the marriage, Junior took the siblings to the mess to get some lunch. “Hello,” Joanne said politely entering the mess hall, where many of the men were sat having lunch. “Hello,”

Chapter 14 Two weeks later… Today’s day 28/01/1875. “Wake up, wake up,” Luke sang sitting on his hands and knees on the bottom bunk bouncing. “Mike,” Junior grumbled, “If you don’t want your brother to swim home I would get him off the bed,” He warned. Over the past two weeks the twins had become

Chapter 13 The next morning Jo was awoken by something tickling her face. After trying to waft it away without any success, she knew something was amiss. Without opening her eyes, she thought back to last night. “Luke, piss off or I’ll cut your hands off whilst you’re sleeping.” She heard Mike burst out laughing.

Chapter 12 “Keep your fucking hands off our sister!” One of the men growled at Junior and the other just glared. “Mike, Luke, be nice to Jr and what the hell are you doing here?” Jo asked her twenty-three year old twin brothers. Mike moved in front of Jo and hugged her as Luke still

Chapter 11 Junior returned to see Jo and his father talking happily. On seeing him her eyes lit up making his chest swell with pride. He had the ring box in his hand. Although she knew he had the ring she did not expect what happened next. Her eyes widen as she watched he kneel

Chapter 10 “She will be staying with us and accompanying us on the boat. I intend to make her my wife.” Andrew senior eyes widen. “Does she know about this?” He sounded so serious Jo couldn’t help but laugh. His face softened as he turned his head to look at her. “I am sorry, dear.