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• September 24, 2025

  Chapter 22: Cairo

  Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 22: Cairo V2.0 – 10/09/2025 I’ve heard my whole life practically about the effects of captivity on people, what they call ‘Stockholm syndrome’, but to experience it for oneself seems wholly different. During the weeks I had spent aboard this ship as a prisoner, I had been treated…
• September 22, 2025

  Chapter 21: Sold

  Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 21: Sold V2.0 – 10/09/2025 Marcus introduced me to all fourteen of my fellow prisoners. They were all from various countries in both North and South America; two were Canadian, a husband and his wife, three were from the U.S.A. like myself, they were college students taken while…
• September 20, 2025

  Chapter 20: Osiris

  Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 20: Osiris V2.0 – 10/08/2025 I drifted in darkness, bobbing up and down on the rolling waves of the ocean. The only sound I heard was the lapping of the waves against the scattered floating debris that surrounded me. Strangely, though being drenched from head to foot, I…
• September 19, 2025

  Chapter 19: Shipwreck

  Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 19: Shipwreck V2.0 – 10/08/2025 I had a distinct sensation of floating. I opened my eyes slowly and saw nothing but stars against a pitch-black sky. My entire body erupted in pain. I felt as if I had been slammed against a wall. Dizziness threatened me and I…
• September 18, 2025

  Chapter 18: Assault

  Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 18: Assault V2.0 – 10/08/2025 Over the next few days, most of the crew regarded me with suspicion and kept their distance from me. No one, save Juan, spoke to me. I felt more alone than I had ever felt before in my life. The spiritual world around…
• September 17, 2025

  Chapter 17: Healing

  Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 17: Healing V2.0 – 10/07/2025 I woke the next morning ready for the day’s work. I ate in the mess hall and then went about my morning cleaning duties. I soon found myself scrubbing the aft deck near the main bridge of the huge ship. I splashed the…
• September 9, 2025

  Chapter 10: Angels

  Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 10: Angels V2.0 – 10/04/2025 I woke to shafts of sunlight streaming into the motel room. I glanced at the bedside table and the digital clock read 7:24am. I had slept the whole night without waking. I was grateful for that. I pulled the blankets tighter around me…
• September 8, 2025

  Chapter 9: Waiting

  Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 9: Waiting V2.0 – 10/03/2025 I stood at the window of the gas station and watched the rain stop outside. The storm had passed over the area. Across from me, on the other side of the road, I could see another truck stop. Next to it I could…
• September 6, 2025

  Chapter 8: Overburdened

  Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 8: Overburdened V2.0 – 10/03/2025 I pushed my way down the interstate in the pouring rain and dimness of the morning light. I walked past the line of stopped cars and trucks holding the jacket tightly to myself, grateful for its warmth. I reached the off-ramp of the…
• September 3, 2025

  Chapter 5: Temptations

  Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 5: Temptations V2.0 – 10/02/2025 I awoke with a start and sat up on the boulder. Everything was pitch black around me. There was a blanket of brilliantly shining stars above me covering the expanse of the night sky. I didn’t know how long I had slept. I…