Ishika Bose

10 and a half days

Jessica stared over the ship's railing as she recalled the accident that had changed her life. She remembered the amusing afternoons and the sudden thunderstorm. Her husband, the captain of the ship, had fought vigorously to ensure that the ship survived the storm but she didn’t. After braving the storm for 10 and a half days, at noon the ship crashed. Only one person, Jessica, survived. Her friends, her family, her daughter, her husband, everyone drowned and she couldn’t save them. She still trembled every time she boarded a ship. She was rudely interrupted in her daydreams when the captain came to give her a tour of the ship.