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INBID

Maeve awoke slowly. Only half awake, she realized there was a familiar sound, a snore. She opened her eyes and smiled. His chest was moving up and down with the rhythm of breathing with her head resting on it. She titillated him a little to wake him up. Sinbad opened his eyes slowly and yawned. He turned to his right and found his beautiful wife on his chest. They smiled at each other and kissed.

"Good morning, Mrs. Captain."

The redhead giggled at his words.

"Good morning…"

She put her arms around his neck and they kissed once again.

Maeve pulled back and said, "It's unbelievable… if two years ago someone told me that I'm going to be your wife, for sure, I would have laughed at it. But now, I'm the happiest woman in the world as your Mrs. Captain."

Sinbad gave her a quick kiss and answered, "I think, that last night, the whole palace heard how happy you are…"

"Just because my husband was so amazing…"

They again pulled themselves into a kiss. Sinbad rolled them so he was on top and asked, "Ready for the next round?"

He pressed their lips together again and spread her legs.

Someone knocked the doors and she pulled back, "Sinbad, I bet, it's Caipra with our starving daughter. We have so many nights for that…"

He smiled with a shadow of disappointment,"Yeah, bring my angel here."

Maeve kissed Sinbad once again, stood up, put the bathrobe on her and opened the door but not too broadly so as not to share her almost nude husband with anyone.

Indeed it was Caipra and Marina. The old woman gave the girl to her mother and said to her,

"Here you are. And Maeve…"

The Celtic sorceress took her daughter and turned at Caipra,"Yes?"

"Dim-Dim and Sinbad's uncle want to talk with you two. So come to our room soon."

Maeve nodded and the old woman went away. She closed the door and came back to bed with Marina.

Gave the girl to her daddy and while laying herself she asked him,"Did you hear Caipra?"

Kissing Marina's hungry belly Sinbad nodded,"I'm wondering what my uncle has for us. Another poem…?"

Maeve rolled her eyes at his sarcasm and when she took a proper position took her daughter to feed her.

"Or maybe he is going to give us some sort of portrait…"

The girl took her mother's breast and started to suck. Maeve kissed her little head and rolled her eyes at Sinbad again.

"He is a poet not a painter…"

"Oh, but he paints, too. My grandmother was a great painter."

The woman made a curious face,"Really?"

"Yeah, she was amazing woman but I don't remember her very good…"

He stopped for a while at the sad memories. Then looked at his wife and daughter and that was the most beautiful view in the world.

"I love watching how you feed her."

"Yes, we know that."

She stroked his hair and said,"Go to the bathroom first and check my bag. There's something for you."

Sinbad kissed Maeve's forehead and Marina's foot. Then he stood up and left to the bathroom.

When they both dressed up, the whole happy family went to Dim-Dim's room. In the room was Master, Sakin and Doubar waiting for them, standing by the table. When they walked in the first mate instantly saw the changes.

He turned at Sinbad,"Nice new image, Little Brother."

The surprise from Maeve's bag were the new clothes she had bought him.

It was a brown, tight, pair of linen pants; long leather boots and an dark-beige, cotton, shirt with cropped sleeves and collar which showed only a little part of his chest.

Sinbad who was carrying his daughter smiled at Doubar's words,

"That's her deed."

He pointed at Maeve and added, "She wanted me to fit her more."

Indeed Maeve's brown, linen dress reached her knees and with wide straps and quite a deep décolletage and the round shoes seemed to be a garniture with Sinbad's outfit.

Sakin watched them carefully and pronounced,"You three create a beautiful picture."

Dim-Dim, who was already a little impatient, cut in,"We are not here to talk about clothes and pictures, aren't we Sakin?"

"Yeah, of course."

The funny guy turned at Sinbad and added,"I want to give you my present."

He and Dim-Dim took a step away from the table to expose the table and Maeve with Sinbad came closer.

It was completely covered with papers and maps.

The old wizard started his explanation,"You see my boy… the house in Baghdad it's not the only property your father's left you. There is also a small mansion here in Basra and the island…"

Both Maeve and Sinbad were very surprised, they glanced at each other.

The sailor make a face and asked,"What? Why haven't you told me about that before."

"I decided to wait till you become more reasonable but since we all know that is not going to happened, we're giving it to you today, when you've got someone else to take care of, all that."

Master Dim-Dim gave Maeve a little smile and continued,"That island is called Gumána sagier "

Sinbad made another confused face,"I've never heard of such a island…"

"You couldn't. You cannot find it on any maps. Look…"

The old sage pointed at the one of map laying on the table. The couple looked at it.

"It's a very small island, situated right there. It belonged to your grandmother…"

They both again turned at their master,

"… She was very beautiful woman and your grandfather who was so in love with her sailed around the seven seas; bringing her only the most unusual presents. Jewels, pearls, which she loved so much. When she agreed to married him, she didn't wanna leave Greece just because her husband carried on trade here. Your grandfather bought her another pearl, this island. Gumána sagier means Little pearl. After the long voyage she came to Baghdad and that's how we met. When she gave a birth to her first son, she asked me to become his teacher."

Maeve smirked at Sinbad,"The island… and you just gave me a ring."

The captain rolled his eyes,"I can give you that island, now. I bet it's been neglected."

"Wrong again."

Sakin cut in,"The house and the garden are in very good condition. I've taken good care of everything. Even the ship-place is not that bad, yet."

Now Maeve made a face and asked,"The house?"

"Yes, it's a petit mansion with a beautiful garden."

Sinbad raised his eyebrows,"The ship-place?"

"Yes, that island belonged to the wife of a sailor so it has a little private port for one ship."

The couple gazed at each other confused with all what they just heard. Not that they did not like it but they were surprised.

Maeve started,"So, we can go there whenever we wish?"

Dim-Dim nodded,"Yes, you can go there even now."

Sinbad turned at silent Doubar,"You knew about all this?"

The big man just nodded his head.

"Great, seems like everyone knows about my island, except me."

The blue-eyed sailor turned around and walked out from the room.

Maeve rolled her eyes and followed him.

Confused, Sakin looked at Dim-Dim and Doubar,"I thought, he would be rather happy…"

When Maeve arrived back at their chamber, Sinbad and Marina were not there. She checked the bathroom and the balcony but there was no sign of them. One guard told her that he saw the man with child going to the beach. She decided to follow the trail. Indeed, she found them on the beach.

Sinbad was sitting crossed-legged on the sand, with one hand holding Marina on his knees, watching the waves. That view always made him calm down and he loved it. Always when he had to think about some problems, he could be found seated and watching the sea. His daughter seemed to enjoyed it, too. Cuddling into her father's strong arm, she followed every single wave with her beautiful, blue eyes.

Maeve came closer, sat next to them and put her head at Sinbad's shoulder.

In that moment he realized she was put his second hand around her shoulders.

"How did you find us?"

"I knew where to look for you."

She smiled and continued,"If Master Dim-Dim decided not to tell you, I'm sure he got his point there."

He gave her a smirk.

"Sinbad look at it this that way. Nobody knows about that island. It can be our secret hollow. Our place where we can always retreat to, our little paradise. Master Dim-Dim and Caipra could live there and nobody else will know about their existence."

She looked into his eyes,"We can spend our Honey-moon there, exploring all the nooks and crannies together…"

The temptation in her voice, made Sinbad appeal to the idea.

"Okay, Mrs. Captain, lets discover this mystery of Little pearl."

They smiled at each other and kissed.

Marina's eyes turned up at her parents' kiss and laughed.

Readers, do you wanna discover this mystery of Little Peral, too?