Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Another Desperate Pauper Taking a Risk

"Is this what you achieve after four hours of part-time work every day? If I were the owner of this fishing boat, I wouldn't pay you a cent," Melanie said, covering her nose with one hand and waving the other constantly to dispel the fishy smell on the small fishing boat.

Tommy Hawk, a clip pinching his nose shut, expertly checked the various equipment on the fishing boat: the electrical circuits, generator, coolant, sails, rigging, fish hoist, water pipes, battery, spare fuel, and spare battery. Hearing Melanie's words, he said, "Mr. Rocco Waldman originally promised to lend me another fishing boat I had cleaned up myself for a sea breeze, but he changed his mind at the last minute and went to sea in that clean boat himself. This is his another boat, I haven't had time to clean it up yet. It was actually my job for today."