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Griffin glanced up when he heard a soft knocking on his door.

"What?" he grumbled.

The door creaked open slowly and Jake poked his head inside.

"Hey, man," he said as he glanced around his and Griffin's room, "Can I come in?"

Griffin shrugged, "I guess…it's your room too."

Jake sighed and closed the door behind him. This may be harder than he thought. He walked over toward Griffin and sat on a small chair near the bunks. Griffin was lying down on the bottom bunk looking over at Jake.

"How's the leg?"

Griffin glanced down at his leg. It was all different shades of blue, purple, and red.

"Banged up but nothing's broken."

Jake nodded and paused for a moment.

"Look…we all know something's going on with you and your parents," began Jake, "But we don't know what it is and we don't know how to deal with it or fix it if no one is willing to talk about it. So…what's going on?"

Griffin hesitated for a moment then sat up slowly and faced Jake. He took a breath before speaking and glanced away.

"It's Dad," he said quietly, "Everything used to be fine. We were used to him being gone. But the past two years he's been gone longer than usual. Apparently you guys have a larger quota now or something so it takes longer to catch it all. He's barely ever home and when he is he's too worried about next season to pay us any attention at all. He's physically there, but not mentally, you know?"

Jake nodded in understanding and gave Griffin a sympathetic look.

"I get it," he said after a moment, "You're saying you just want your dad to start hanging out with you and your mom more, right?"

"Yeah, I guess. It's like he cares more about his fishing than he does his own family. And I know it bothers Mom…it bothers her more than it does me. She's always depressed and upset even when he's home. And he never lets her do anything…that's why she went out there. She wanted to prove to him that she could handle it."

Jake frowned in concern, not sure how to react to this news. Jack was right…there really was a deeper underlying problem here that was causing all these other smaller problems to occur.

"Have you tried talking to your dad about all this?"

Griffin sneered, "Like he'd listen! He's too busy to hear anything I have to say."

Jake sighed, "Well Edgar's up there talking to him now. Maybe he'll get through to him?"

Meanwhile…

"Hey, Baylee," said Jack when she saw Baylee's eyes flutter open.

She was lying in Jack's bunk with a pile of blankets on top of her.

"I feel terrible," she murmured.

Jack instantly jumped up out of her chair and rushed over to her.

"What's wrong? What hurts?" she asked urgently.

"Oh, no not like that," said Baylee, "I mean…I feel really bad about what happened."

Jack let out a relieved sigh. She sat back down in the little folding chair.

"That was pretty stupid," she said, with a slight smile.

Baylee smiled back and shook her head.

"I don't know what got into me…I just wanted to see what it was like. I wanted to see what my son sees. I wanted to know what it is about this that Sig loves so much."

She got a really sad look in her eyes when she said the last sentence.

"So what's going on with you two anyway?" pressed Jack.

Baylee looked away, a deeply sad look entering her eyes. Her shoulders slumped slightly and to Jack it looked like she was ready to call it quits.

"He's too busy for me…for Griffin," she replied, voice shaky, "His boat is his baby…not me, not anymore."

Baylee's hand flew to her mouth as she tried to choke back a sob.

Jack jumped up again and sat down beside of Baylee, putting an arm around her comfortingly.

"I love him, don't get me wrong," said Baylee, wiping away a tear, "I love him more than life…I just don't think he feels the same way anymore. I don't think he really loves me…"

"I don't know," said Jack, "He was pretty upset about what almost happened to you."

"Oh sure," snapped Baylee, anger replacing her sad look, "He'll say things once in awhile…tell me he loves me and he wants things to change. And I'll believe him, but in a day or two its back to the way it used to be. It's a joke…he just says what he needs to so I won't leave. But Jack I'm so close to leaving now…I can't take this anymore…"

Jack's eyes widened in horror at the words coming from Baylee's mouth. She knew something wasn't right in Sig's family but she didn't know it was this serious.

"I'm so sorry," she murmured, unable to think of what to say, "I'm so sorry…"

Meanwhile…

Edgar walked into the wheelhouse and sat down in the co-captain's chair.

"What do you want?" snapped Sig as he glanced over at his little brother.

Edgar took a deep breath, fully prepared to get yelled at and cursed out.

"I want to know what's going on," he replied, keeping his voice even and calm.

"With what?"

"With you…and your family."

Sig shot him an irritated look.

"I don't have time for this!"

"It seems like you don't have time for anything," snapped Edgar.

Sig was taken aback by his brother's tone. He shot him a surprised look.

Edgar sneered and leaned back against the seat, shaking his head in disgust.

"I mean…first of all we don't even talk anymore, unless its about fishing. I have a feeling that you do the same thing to Baylee and Griffin."

Sig's eyes flashed with anger but he remained quiet.

"Maybe that's why all this insanity has been happening," said Edgar, "Maybe that's why Baylee's not listening to you…maybe its because you don't listen to her."

The truth in Edgar's words hit home for Sig. He swallowed and glanced away.

Edgar saw the look in his eyes and knew that he had hit a nerve.

"And what's up with your son? He's acting like he's better than the rest of us…sounds like he's inherited somebody's ego, but more than that I think he's trying to impress you because he wants you to give him attention. He wants to hear you tell him that he's doing a good job."

Sig didn't reply for a good three minutes. He sat quietly, contemplating what Edgar had just said.

"I know," he muttered after a while.

Edgar glanced over at his brother in surprise. He had expected for Sig to flip out kick him out of the wheelhouse, not agree with him peacefully.

"I know…I just…"

"Just what?" snapped Edgar, "Stop making excuses Sig. This boat is not nearly as important as your family. I miss talking to my older brother, you know."

Edgar stopped talking as he felt an unexpected wave of emotion rise in his throat. He looked away so Sig wouldn't see how upset he was.



But Sig did see. He ran his hand through his hair and then rested his head in them.

"I know, Edgar," he said after a long pause, "I'm…I'm sorry. I really am."

"I don't want to hear that you're sorry," said Edgar, voice strained, "I want to see that you're sorry…until then…"

Edgar stood up and left the wheelhouse, slamming the door behind him.

Sig leaned back in his chair and let out a shaky sigh. Edgar was right…this was all because of him…

Edgar walked back into the galley and saw Jake and Jack already sitting behind the table.

"Wow," he mumbled as he walked in, "You all look dead-tired…more so than usual."

Jake and Jack shook their heads and sneered.

"This is bad," said Jack, "Baylee's about three seconds from walking out on them."

"Griffin has no confidence in himself at all," said Jake, "He thinks his dad doesn't care about them anymore."

"I told Sig everything I felt…he took it better than I thought," muttered Edgar, "He said sorry but I told him I didn't want to hear that he was sorry, I wanted to see it."

Jack and Jake nodded in agreement.

"So what do we do now?" asked Jake.

"We have to get the three of them together…alone," replied Jack, "Maybe cook a big meal and get them to sit around the table and talk. The rest of us can eat outside or in our rooms."

Edgar nodded, "That's a good idea…salted cod?"

"Sounds good to me," said Jake.

"And now…we pray," said Jack as she began to help Edgar get the cooking started.

Jake nodded in agreement.

"And knock on wood…lots of wood…very hard…"

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