When he poked his head out the door to search the deck he caught glimpse
of the two fighting and baulked daunted before dashing to hide behind the
staircase to remain inconspicuous. From there he viewed Battista on the ground
bleeding from facial wounds and his father standing over him. Now Don was very
scared and intimidated, he froze, watched, listened, and heard Battista say in
an arrogant and offensive tone;
“I’ll have you up for assault
and then you’ll be in the ships’ brig and why your there I’ll have my way with
your precious daughter. You won’t stop me. Ya fuckin' Idiot.” Battista laughed
scornfully as he strained to his feet. Ted said;
“Ohhh no you won’t.” He
grabbed him to hit him again, they struggled, Ted fought like a Kilkenny cat as
they neared the railing of the ship, he picked up Battista bodily and in the
gravity of intense fury threw him over the side into the endless dark ocean.
Don could hear the faint scream in the strong wind and ran inside petrified but
unseen.
Ted looked over the side with a torrid mental rejection of his own
actions, then he scanned up and down the deck in shock of his instinctive yet
deadly reaction, as he became sanely aware of the outcome he took one last look
over the side, but saw no sign of Battista; he was gone in seconds. He looked
left and right along the empty deck again and again and was confident he was
not seen. He wiped his clothes free of ruffle, gathered his senses and went
inside to the bathroom to freshen his appearance.
Once Don got inside he was sheepish looking, his mother asked;
“Are you okay? Did you find
your father and say goodnight?” With a sense of guilt and overtones of quailed
reflections, he answered;
“No mummy, I didn't see
‘im.” Ted joined his family at the table as if nothing happened. On one hand he
was tense but on the other hand glad the problem had been disposed off. Don
said his goodnights and slept in disbelief to what he witnessed.
During the trip when Zoe and others commented they had not sighted
Battista for a while, Ted answered;
“He’s probably in his cabin
suffering from seasickness like a lot of the other passengers.” Zoe accepted
her dad’s explanation but Rene showed her suspicions by later asking;
“It’s strange Battista just
disappeared. Did you say anything to him?” Ted replied;
“I asked him to stay away
from Zoe and told him people are talking about them and it doesn’t look good,
maybe he listened and is staying clear of us, or maybe he really is seasick.
How would I know?” Rene’s insight to her husband’s character was sufficient
enough to know he was withholding information, but because she was glad she and
Zoe had not seen him for a few nights she refrained from further inquiry.
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