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Broken Voyagers
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Sometimes, it even disappeared under stacks of papers, used up to take the overflow from the mountain of other papers strewn across the top of the desk.
No longer able to contain her curiosity Bette, one day, asked. ”What’s in the box, daddy?”
Melvin stopped his reading to look at the provenance of the little voice which had just sounded from the gap left by his office door left ajar.
Looking from over his glasses at the curious little girl who had stepped gingerly into the old archaeologist’s office, he beckoned her in further.
”Well baby Girl, I thought you were never going to ask.” Melvin stood from behind his desk to kneel by the side of the box, as best he could, inviting Bette to come and do the same.
”Is it a pirate’s chest?” Bette asked in her child-like naivety. ”Does it hold a treasure?”
Melvin laughed heartily. ”You could say that. It is very precious to me as it has been in our family for generations. My father gave it to me and before him his father and his father’s father before him also.”
Bette’s eyes grew bigger. The box was very old indeed.
”It is called a writing box.” Melvin explained further, ”And it would have contained some very important documents. Everything a 19th century gentleman would have needed for correspondence and business and it was stocked with everything that you would expect to find in an office of the time.”
As he spoke, Melvin reached by the side of the box to a little compartment Bette had never noticed before. It was barely visible below one of the countersunk brass handles. The little narrow drawer slid easily out to reveal the small key which fitted the lock and would finally uncover the mystery that this wooden box held for Bette.
The key was so small that she wondered how after all these years it had never got lost. Contrary to the rest of the box, the key was ferrous and of very simple design.
Melvin turned it slowly once anticlockwise and Bette heard the sound she had always wanted to hear.
A click.
The joyous sound of the lock finally opening.
”They contained all sorts of things.” Melvin continued, slowly opening the lid, quite oblivious to the excitement which was mounting exponentially in his daughter’s chest next to him. “A writing-surface, inkwells, light-wells, pen-trays, storage-spaces for essentials such as paper, seals, sealing-wax, nibs, postage stamps, envelopes, pencils and also enough….”
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Hi! You one of my favourite writers and i very glad and happy that you returned and finished this amazing story! Thank you very much!
After i reading i leave another comment which will be more about story plot.
Wow Kins this takes care of my weekend reading!
Will comment again when I’ve read it.
Thanks in advance for posting.
SG
So glad you finished this story! Thank you for sticking it out and giving us this story. Loved it
Hi Kins,
So glad to see this story! It will take some time to read it and i will leave a comment after i finish.
Hi, welcom back, Kins!
Thank you for finished this story! Ok, now i’m going to read it.
Hi, Kins
Oh my God, Kins, welcome back, after almost 2 years, it’s been a long time, but reading the whole story now I feel, the wait was worth.
You have given us a quite wonderful and interesting story full of adventures and riddles and full of love of my favorite couple Bette and Tina.
You ended the story in a very good way, but I feel as if I want to know more about them, if Bette gets the funding for her project in Mexico, the wedding, their partnership, what Tina does for a job… and many more things.
I hope we could read more new beautiful stories from you; I like very much your style.
Thank you very much and please, post other TIBETTE stories
P
Ok, i read again this story, this time the whole and i’m ready to leave another comment.
First – thank you again for finish the story.
Second – happy to see happy final -treasure was found, bitch Kelly got lost. And i must say i like how you got rid from her – like in life we can say with 100% probability what happened – or she sank or she was killed by shark.
Third – i like how you described Bette and Tina and love between them. I like it in all your stories (maybe with one exception – in Frozen beginnings i don’t like your Bette during the story, but in final she corrected :) )
So, welcome back and maybe in the future we can see another great story from you? I really hope so.
Hi Kins,
Really enjoyed the read, thank you so much.
A great Story and I loved reading it in one post. As an English Lady I really enjoyed your explanation of Cricket!
I would love it if you would now consider a Sequel with these two characters.
Thanks again for posting.
SG
Welcom back, Kins!
I was a silent reader a long time, but after you finished this story i must register to say – “Thank you for fantastic story! And i hope this story won’t be your last on this site!”
Totaly agree with MissOne – i hope this story won’t be the last from you too!
Hi Kins,
You took us trough a incredible journey! Full of adventures, little clues i tried to catch to find the treasure, the background on the history of those ships and of course the love between Bette & Tina.
I really hope you will continu with a sequel or a new story.
Thank you so much for posting the whole story after two long years!
In-cre-di-ble! Kins, thank you so much for returning to this story and for giving us such a glorious and sweet ending. You’re such a talented writer. What a wonderful plot with astonishing details to the treasure hunt.
I second the previous comments and hope you’ll find the inspiration (and time) to work on a sequel. Maybe Bette’s project in Mexico with a twist with some unexpected traces of a legendary Aztec treasure ;)
Well ive read it at last.So pleased you managed to finish this story.I know how long it was in conception and all the research you did for its authenticity.
A great read.Loved the shark sequence.Found it quite thrilling.
Not as thrilling as the love scenes that you tell so well between Bette and Tina tho ????
Look forward to the next story that you will write for us.
Don’t make it too long a wait tho
C.x
Kins…!!! Yay! It’s really you!!
^_^
First, am so happy to see your name appear again! :) been so long!! So Glad to hear from you! hope all are fine for you and your love one!
Second, OMG…! The Long story at once!! Woohooo… such a great treat! THANKS!!
And third…. LOVE your story! This is so worthy! Appreciate your hard work in researching, plotting, writing and sharing this wonderful story! Your writing style is getting more interesting and fantastic! It’s Long pages but I just can’t stop reading it – well there’s a moment where I wanted to stop reading when that low creature kidnap her (ugh.. I don’t want to spoil the story).. it’s too much for me.. >.<
Again… thanks for sharing your talent here! :) if you ever consider to publish this, do update us here! ;-)
Take care always Kins! ^.^
Just finished reading. It was a fun read. Thanks for the adventure.
Wow!!!! Such rich detail that it feels so true ,.. as if you have near lived these experiences ur self. And along w the romance of it, I learned so much about ship wrecks and diving. Do post it on AO3 as well to get a broader audience… it belongs to stories worth sharing :)