We raise our boats onto the hull of the Legacy. I feel energized and start pulling the rope that raises our boat onto the hull faster than the Cyborg.
"Whoa!"
"You having a little trouble there?" I ask jokingly.
"Oh! Get away from me. If I could maneuver a skiff like that when I was your age. They'd be bowing in the street when I walked by today." He says while we finish closing the hull and we sit back in the boat.
"I don't know. They weren't exactly singing my praises when I left home. But I'm gonna change all that." I lean back into my folded arms behind my head and sighed.
"Are you now? How so?"
"Uh, I got some plans. Gonna make people see me a little different."
"Sometimes plans go astray."
"Not this time."
There's a silence, then I hear the cyborg groaning and lifting his metal leg up and tries tightening the screws. I leaned forward and place my arms on my knees. Morphy transforms into a wrench and Vida's father grabs him and tightness his crew.
"Oh, thank you, Morphy."
"So, uh, how'd that happen anyway?"
"You give up a few things chasing a dream."
"Was it worth it?
"I'm hoping it is, Jimbo. I most surely am."
I didn't say anything and just let the silence of understanding come between us.
"So, how is my little girl?" He asks me.
I look up sharply and got nervous. I mean, come on, he's her father and he's a cyborg.
"Uh, she's fine." I said, rubbing my neck.
"I see that and you said you wasn't goin' to love her. I told you, Jimbo! Love has a way with things."
I just laughed nervously.
"She loves you, you know. I see it in her eyes. She be sighin' all day like a love struck puppy. Then, when she comes back from ya outings'. She gets all weird. I aint see her like that in a long time. You is all she talk about. I see it in your eyes too, Jimbo."
"Oh, well, yeah. I love her too, I guess. I mean, she different than all those other girls I met."
"You best be treatin' her right or you'll have to face me."
"Yeah, I know."
"Aint you gonna see her?"
"Not tonight. I told her we were going to come back late."
"Ay, lad, but we aren't late. We're early. Go surprise her. I'll finish up here."
He literally pushed me out of the boat and I laughed and left to look for her.
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