Papa Bear

Chapter Eighteen

Theo gave them a private tour of the cruise line. She'd worked on this ship in her second contract. On deck two were the medical facilities. Theo immediately bounced into this story of how, one night, they docked over in Aruba. The ship was only going to dock the next morning, but because a passenger needed to get to a hospital asap; the ship pushed to the next port and docked around ten at night and opened for the crew and staff. Long story short, it was one of Theo's best nights of her life.

The grand premier restaurant was on deck 3, with a private restaurant for the guests living in suites. In front of the two beautiful glass doors that led to the restaurant was a beautiful bar that served welcoming drinks before the two seatings. Dimmi, her mom and Theo were on the first seating at six o'clock this evening. Dimmi couldn't wait to see this fancy restaurant that Theo couldn't stop speaking about. Cabins filled the rest of deck 3.

The 4th deck was the upper level of the premier restaurant, a Martini and Crush bar, served drinks for those guests. Shops, a photo gallery, the casino, and an enormous theater where they held shows filled the rest of deck 4.

Deck five were more lounges, shops, cafes, fine dining areas, and a sushi restaurant. They even had an ice cream shop on board this freaking ship, not to mention the two-level library. She knew her mother was going to spend all her time curled up on one chair and feast with her eyes. Not to speak about the big ass three that grew in the middle of the foyer. Dimmi couldn't get over the tree.

Everything was posh, with glass walls and elevators. It was as if they transported Dimmi to a different world. She felt like a modern day Cinderella, with her sister becoming her fairy godmother.

Theo took them up to Deck 11 as cabins and staterooms filled the other decks. Deck 11 had a relaxation room with a view of the ocean, but that was about it.

Deck 12 was where Dimmi saw herself for the next 12 days, soaking up the sun. The pool taken up almost the entire deck, except for the spa area and fitness centre. There was a little health shop called Slush that made fresh smoothies and healthy meals. Theo couldn't stop rave about the smoothies.

Her life sounded like a dream, to be honest. Dimmi wouldn't mind working on one of these babies. If Theo made four grand a month, it was worth all the hard work.

There was no deck 13 because of superstition reasons, apparently. On deck 14 was the OCEAN view cafe. It was basically buffet style, but man, it was nothing like a normal buffet. This was a buffet for the rich and famous. Dimmi got a taste of what her life was going to be like one day, and she wanted it more.

Theo blabbered on about more bars and grills. The look on their mother's face was priceless as she looked lost. They were not used to so many choices: where to dine or where to go for a drink. A dance club was on deck 14 too.

Deck 15 had an area for Hot glass classes, and outside movie area, another bar, and then kids arcade area.

She felt hungry and thirsty after Theo finally took them through all the decks.

They went back down to deck 14 to the Ocean view cafe and dished up from a vast selection of foods.

They enjoyed lunch, and then they'd spent the rest of the afternoon right next to the pool. This was the life.

The ship would not leave until tomorrow. They had a stay over in Honolulu tonight, and Theo wanted to go out to show Dimmi the night life. It didn't take long to turn Dimi's arm.

Their mother didn't want to go with, she wanted to check out the library, and the two arranged for after their dinner to paint the streets of Hawaii red.

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Around six, Dimmi put on a pair of wavy pants and a beautiful top. Dinner tonight was semi-formal, and she stepped into her pumps.