Troubling a Star (2012)
“I listened for the sound of the motor as it died away. The Zodiac had gone after something—someone—else. Had left me.
It had been so close. I was sure someone had to have heard me, seen me waving my red parka.
On the Argosy they must know I was gone. My manifest number would be red side up, not yellow. Benjy had told about going back for someone who had not turned his number. They would not sail off and leave me. Benjy would not let that happen. An alarm would have been raised. All I had to do was wait.
How long had it taken for Shackleton to rescue his men? We’d watched a movie about that one evening. He’d tried four times to get to Elephant Island. It took him how many weeks? Months? I had no lifeboat to shelter me. I couldn’t catch fish with my bare hands. I wouldn’t last many more hours, much less days.
“Esteban.” I spoke slowly, enunciating clearly, as though that would help him to understand. “What are you doing here?”
Esteban frowned, obviously not understanding a word.
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