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The last Lifeboat
“ Let me go in please! I can give you all my money,” I heard a man very loudly to the boat security officer. He was holding a baby, his eyes were red, the baby was crying.
The boat security officer look at them, he said very slowly: “ The money can’t save my life or yours,”
The ship was full of people. Many of them were running and yelling someone’s name, some of them were crying. The captain of the ship says that the ship will have shipwrecked after one and half hours. But many of them can’t get onto the lifeboat, like me.
The first class people were leaving already, now the children and women’s turn. My wife and children all have left already. I am a man and I am not supposed to leavel, plus a Third class.
“ William, they said there is only four lifeboats left now. What can we do?” A deep voice sounded around my body. It was Logan, the friend I just met in The Titanic.
Logan has no family, he is 50 years old by himself. He spend all his money to get the ticket of this ship.
I first met him in the cafeteria, he was sitting on the floor by himself, he smiled and stared the window.
He was a famous lawyer before. His mom got cancer, he spend all his money on therapy for his mom, but she still passed away. That was his last family member. When he spoke about these things, his eyes would fill with tears.
I never knew that I would spend my life on this boat.
“ Move away!” A boy looks like fourteen years old run towards us.
We moved our body in case he hit us. The boy looks very mad, he ran towards the lifeboat “ Mom!” He yelled.
I saw that she turned head away, maybe she doesn’t want to see her children. I’ve seen these kind of things during these two hours already, part never to meet, I don’t know where my family is now, they might leave already.
Logan looked at me: “ Do you think we have a chance to get onto a lifeboat?”
“No,” I answered with a deep voice. “ Never.”
The ship is moving down at a slow speed, as sinks down, I can hear crying and screaming everywhere. Captain Smith says there is only one hours left then this ship will sink in the Atlantic Ocean.
Few violin player where playing the song even though no one is really listening, people just want to leave this ship and go on to the lifeboat.
Logan walked ov
er these violin player, after they played the last song, he bowed to them.
A preidt were reading the bible: “ Then, I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the previous day and the previous land have passed, and the sea no longer exists.”
Many people were listened and crying, they keep saying “ God bless me”.
The moon looks very big and white today. Who knows this tragedy would happen, I don’t know what could I say and how my mood is like.
“ Will you miss anything?” I asked Logan very carefully because he seems not well.
“Believe it or not, I don’t feel regret or miss anything. He gave me a very surprised answer, “ Except my old dog Shay. That’s it, nothing else.”
I try to make a smile and trying to talk not that sad: “ You know what, I can imagine the hows the newspaper will be like tomorrow morning.”
“ Last boat!” The crewman says with shaking voice.
Many people run to the lifeboat, include many men. They try to get onto the lifeboat, but the thing is other people push them and they fall down into the ocean.
Half hours more, that’s what captain smith says when he walk around the ship decks.
I really can’t believe my eyes, the ship were destroy, just as few days ago people were saying how amazing this ship is and how lucky I am to have a ticket.
But not it’s a messy and a group of people hell broke loose.
I used to think the next half of my life would be awesome, I will travel around the world with my lovely family and lives in Hawaii. Now this dream broken into pieces, I wasn’t ready at all. My heart beat crazy fast and the only thing I can do is have a sigh again and again.
The last lifeboat were full with people, some are still push the other and tell them go away. I saw that boy, the boy who cried of his mom, he sits there, his body where shaking.
Logan look at me: “ Good for him. He is too young.”
He lit a cigar, the smog spit out from his mouth, there is a tragic sense of vicissitudes.
There is a very weird feeling inside my heart. I run to the lifeboat and yelling: “ Let me go, I want to leave!” I am surprised that I am saying that but I really don’t want to end my life on this nasty ship.
The crew look at me very angry, he told me to stay back, he says there is still a lot of children and woman can’t get onto the lifeboat.
Too bad. I sit on the ground and keep saying “ O No”.
“ Logan, I can’t believe that you really don’t want to leave this ship.” I yelled to him, this is the first time I feel I can’t control myself.
I never forget he looked me as a helpless eyes: “ I, I am not don’t want to leave this ship, we just don’t have opportunity. Trust me, we can leave this ship, I have an idea.”
Incredible, it sounds like a joke but I don’t think he would lie to me.
As the last lifeboat went down, he says: “ Run to the bottom of the ship, go chase the last lifeboat, the crew won’t let you go on after you gave him this white note, my name is on the white note.”
I looked at him and very confused: “ What about you? And why this note then. “Okay, stop stop. He cut me, “ you have no time.”
He pushed me: “ Go!”
I didn’t move.
“ You know it’s impossible for us to get onto the boat.” I don’t believe him still.
“ Stop asking. Logan Seems mad, “ just do what I says, and bro, you have your family, they need you.”
“But.”
He pushed me again.
I run to the bottom of the ship, I chased the lifeboat. There were few women stare at me.
I gave the white note to the only crew of this lifeboat, he looked at it and just let me get onto the boat.
“ umm, so where is him?” The crew asked me.
“ Which one? What do you mean. I really don’t know what’s going on.
“ Lawyer Miller. I bet he is the one who gave you this note.”
“ Oh, he is my friend. He says he would stay on the Titanic.”
The crew look toward the deep big ocean: “ He saved my life before. When a man blames on me he defends me and saved my life.”
“ He is such a nice person. I feel not well inside my heart, “ Even though I don’t know what does he want.”
“Serenity, he wants serenity.” The crew answered me and turn his body over.
I feel like I am the traitor in this short friendship, I feel sorry for Logan that I leave him by himself left on the ship.
I lift my head up, I saw Logan were look at me. The moonlight shines on his cheek, especially bright and clear on the Atlantic Ocean.

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