Two weeks had passed since she started working at the tavern. The saloonkeeper's business had been prospered with Lica's help, what made him kinder and now he began to take her differently. And his wife became Angelica's best friend. Under the mask of a rude woman hid very sensitive lady. Lica told the saloonkeeper's wife about her adventures and she really wanted to help the girl. Martha went to the harbor everyday to ask her friends if the next ship was leaving to the desert. One day she came home not alone but with a blond young man.
"Julien!" Angelica exclaimed. "God, Julien! How did you get here?"
"She is asking me?" the young man laughed. "I was looking for you! But how did you get here?"
"I see you have a lot to talk," said Martha. "I am leaving you alone; I need to help my husband!"
"Let's go outside!" Julien suggested. "And talk there!"
Lica gladly accepted. She told the man about all the events that had happened to her during that time.
"...and the captain of pirates gave me the boat. And I am here on the island. Not to starve, I had to work in the tavern!" the girl finished her story.
"And you are a brave girl!" the captain admired sincerely. "I was definitely sure that you died in the sea. But Huron insisted on searching all the islands around. Not finding you anywhere, the sorcerer spent some magical rite and said that he saw you save and sound on a big island. Only two big islands were nearby. We spent a few days looking for you on the first island, and then came here - to the St. Mary. As soon as we went on shore, we heard rumors that a young beautiful girl worked in the tavern. Then I bumped into the saloonkeeper's wife, who was asking captains, if their ships were going to the desert. That's how I found you!"
"I am so happy!" Angelica cried and rushed to hug Julien.
"What a hot rush!" the captain smiled. "And now we have to go, Huron is waiting for us!"
"Wait, Julien! I need to say goodbye to the tavern owners."
Lica ran into the tavern thanking the saloonkeeper and his wife.
"You brought me good luck," said the owner. "So if you ever need a job, I'm always happy to take you!"
"Take care of yourself!" said his wife, Martha. "I think that your adventures have just begun!"
She hugged Angelica and even shed a few tears in the end. Lica ran out of the tavern and shouted to Julien:
"That's it! I am completely free and ready to sail right now!"
The captain smiled and went towards the harbor. The girl followed him. Twenty minutes later, Angelica ran up to the deck of the ship, where Huron was waiting for them.
"Well, did you have a good time?" the sorcerer smiled.
"If only did you know how glad I am to see you all!" cried the girl.
"We are setting off today!" said Julien. "We have already lost too much time. I hope they won't cancel the order."
He gave some commands to the sailors and they ran on the deck obeying them.
"Let's go into the cabin!" Huron said to Lica. "Tell me what happened to you!"
Angelica went down with the sorcerer into the captain's cabin and retold her story again.
"It's amazing that Patrick didn't feed you to the sharks," Huron mused when she finished her story. "Apparently, you were born under a lucky star!"
"I do not know..." handed Lica. "It seemed to me that Patrick was unhappy man with a very kind heart."
"Hmm..." grumbled the sorcerer. "This 'unhappy person with a very kind heart' ruined more than one hundred lives. All well that ends well. Now the main thing! When we get back to my cave, you have to perform another mission."
"Mission? What mission?" surprised the girl.
"I need you to persuade your friend Isa to stay with Leila as long as we win the evil. If everything goes well, I will either go back to my cave or take away Leila with me - to a new home. Until then, I need to know that my daughter is safe."
"And what if everything goes wrong?" Lica asked quietly.
"You know people saying: 'It's no use crying for the moon!' Don't think about it now."
"Okay," Angelica nodded. "I'll try to convince Isa, though I cannot guarantee anything. He is his own man!"
"You can do it if you really want!" Huron said firmly.
At this point Julien came in to the cabin.
"We are ready," he said. "We are sailing in half an hour!"
The sun was shining brightly in the sky. The wind filled the sails of the ship, and the ship with our heroes left the harbor. The ship held a course to the east, to the fishing village where the captain had to buy crabs.
Lica was standing on the deck, basking her face in fresh breeze, and thanking God that he pulled her out of fire. Oddly enough, but she was thinking about Patrick.
Despite the fact that Huron spoke very harshly about him, it seemed to the girl that the young man was just a victim of circumstances rather than a real robber. Angelica remembered his green eyes and that hot kiss Patrick gave her farewell.