Chapter 1.
Excitement hung in the air as the men and women packed hefty packs of clothes and food into their tiny bedrooms on the ship, ready for their trip to the New World. Nicole was just as nervous as the other teenage girls, huddled together hip to hip as their parents set up the cots for the long trip. It would be weeks, and the winter winds were already sneaking into the Ireland ports, sending chills down the spines of young ladies who waited on the dock for their families to call them in. The last few ships hadn't made it over to the New World, and so everyone was petrified to board the ship. Nicole took the hand of her closest fri