A Man Called Trusk

It is funny how things happen. The night I met Trusk the first time, he was treading water in the Vosk river off the shore of Destiny Point. It was the night that I visited there with Lucian. Here was a man who kept me in conversation about the winery and seemed to enjoy speaking business with me and I remember leaving there with a smile and hoping I would see him again. I don't often get a chance to talk about anything and everything. It was quite some time before I ran into him again and now he is my guard.

The timing is perfect. I think it is best that Aris and I have some time apart. In a sense I have run away from home. I can not be there right now and traveling with Trusk seems to let me free my spirit a bit and enjoy it. I have not heard from Max yet so patiently wait for word of a visit with the children but in the meantime I am taking life with fresh approach. Today I am going to find someplace where I can swim. For no other reason but that I want to.

I am very relaxed with him and perhaps it is because I told him the truth from the start. I have nothing to hide and he knows I suffer and am going through a healing process. I find I like him very much. To laugh and chatter, to be talked back to is like a gift. Feeling safe and protected is a plus. The playful woman has not been allowed out in so long that I feel like I act so silly at times but I feel it is very good for me to spread my wings and let myself be as I am.

He took a space in the tarn cot of the Inn to make sure I had a room. I feel so bad that he is out there in the cold so have made sure that the Inn Keeper has extra furs and anything he needs sent to him.

I left him a note with the Inn Keeper last night letting him know that he will soon be Captain of a new ship. "The Wandering Vine" will be finished in about a hand. I am so very excited! Losing such a large percentage of the winery will make this purchase a bit more tight than I hoped. While I am in no threat of the winery suffering for the depletion of cash, still I will not have Aris owning any part of that ship. It will come from my fifty-five percent of the winery. Dawson was a little too generous with what is MINE!