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Broken Voyagers
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“It doesn’t help that every time we phone her it’s never with any good news of any kind.” Tina added trying to ease Bette’s turmoil. She patted the bed next to her to entice the brunette closer to her.
“What are you looking at?” Bette asked bouncing next to the blonde before settling on her side, her arm bent supporting her head.
“I just wanted to read a little bit about the SS Central America.”
“What did you find out?”
“Well,” Tina paused dramatically, “There’s about $400 million worth of gold on the ocean floor in bars, coins, raw nuggets and dust. All of it from California and some of it belonging to some fortunate or maybe not so much now, 49ers who had struck it lucky during the Gold Rush.”
Bette smiled. She knew all this already. She also knew that all of it was out of reach unless you owned a ROV. No humans could dive at this depth.
“Between 1848 and the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, the quickest way to travel back from the west coast to the east coast was to do it by Steamer. From San Francisco to the west coast of Panama, across the isthmus by train and back again on board a steamship to New York.”
“And the Central America operated the Atlantic route?
“She did.” Tina confirmed. “Look here’s a picture of her, the year she sank. 1857. 280-foot wooden hulled steamship with two large iron side paddle wheels. She got caught in a storm which turned into a hurricane. I guess she would have weathered the whole thing, had she not sprung a leak. The water covered the coal and smothered the fire in the main boilers, disabling the engines. She was engulfed by the waves taking with her to the bottom of the ocean, her cargo and 425 lives.”
Bette adjusted herself higher at the head of the bed and wrapped her arm around Tina to listen to her recounting the fateful voyage.
“It says here that her loss and that especially that of her cargo contributed somewhat to the ‘Panic of 1857’”
“Payrolls were probably not met, and creditors not paid. Banks probably failed because of the loss too and stores and factories were forced to close…. Those would have been uncertain times.”
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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 :)