This is a fictional account. If you haven't read the others, you might want to start at the beginning.
A medical attendant came looking for John to treat his shoulder, sent by the Captain, so Em went below deck to see Emily. However, Emily was asleep so she didn't stay long, maybe ten minutes. She had given one of the guardsmen some clothes for Emily to wear when they were still on the island and she found them in the room. She laid them out for Emily to put on when she woke and upon returning topside learned that John was still in sickbay. She was told how to find her way there to meet him. Just as she got there though, he was coming out the door. His torn shirt had a bandage underneath.
"What did they do to it?" Em asked.
"Just some cream antiseptic and a couple butterfly bandages," John explained. "The doc feels it will be okay without stitches. It was too wide to stitch anyway."
"Are you going to have a scar?" Em questioned.
"Probably ... why ... you dislike scars?" John queried chuckling.
"Oh, scars don't really bother me; it's just that every time I see it from now on it will remind me of today and how close I came to losing you," Em stated.
"Hmm, good point," John agreed. "Let's change the subject. Captain told me we should be in Martinique soon."
"You think we can get a flight to New York from there?" Em asked.
"Should be able to but we need to discuss some things first," John said, grabbing her hand and leading her down the hallway. "I think this is the way to our cabin."
"We have a cabin?"
"Yeah, the Captain gave us one to tidy up. He offered two but I told him that wouldn't be necessary," John related with a smile. "Our luggage is in there now."
"Oh, good," Em exclaimed looking at John.
"You'll definitely want to get cleaned up. The Captain told me we should expect to see reporters at the docks. The saving of Emily Cure' is big news in France and so too on Martinique where the family has had a large estate for years. He said we're also pretty big news for surviving the crash and living on the island all these months."
"Really ... you think they'll want to ask us a bunch of questions about the crash and our time on the island?" Em queried.
"Looks that way from what the Captain said. Mr. and Mrs. Cure' want to meet us also."
"Wow ... this could be wild," Em proclaimed.
"It sure could," John agreed as they entered the cabin and closed the door. "Em?"
"What?"
"I got to talk to Nick briefly."
"How did you do that?" Em exclaimed.
"The Captain flagged me down on the way to sickbay and took me to the radio room."
"What was his reaction?"
"He is amazed to hear we're still alive. He is waiting for us in New York. I'll tell you all about it later," John claimed.
"Did you tell him about me?" Em queried.
"Yes, but not everything yet," John replied.
"Oh," Em worried.
"We better get ready. We can talk more later," John stated.
"Okay," Em allowed but a little worried.
Em saw the suitcases, one on each of the bunk beds. It didn't look like they had been opened, which was a relief to both of them. Em scanned the room quickly, checking out the closet, dresser, and the attached bathroom.
"Oh, god, John, look at this. We can take showers," Em nearly screamed with joy.
"That'll be different, huh?" John acknowledged with a grin.
"Hot water too," Em effused as she looked into the shower. She turned it on.
"Jumping in already?" John declared.
"You bet! I'd invite you in but it looks kinda small," Em added as she stripped. "Be sweet and get me a razor from my suitcase will you?"
When the water was right, Em jumped into the shower and John chuckled to himself as he heard her groaning for joy as the hot water bathed her naked body. He opened the suitcase, moved her underwear aside, found all the money intact, and then located a razor for her. She still had several left from all the people's suitcases. He handed the razor to her only to be asked to get the shampoo too. She had soap.
"You know," John said, after stripping himself and sitting on the toilet watching the steam from Em's shower billow out the top. "We can't take that money on the plane with us. It's too risky. We might get stopped going through customs."
"What're we going to do then?" Em asked as the hot water washed the shampoo from her hair.
"I think we have to find time to slip away from everyone and deposit it in two different banks. Hopefully they will be U.S banks."
"Why two banks?"
"Just showing up and depositing one hundred thousand dollars in cash in one bank might be risky, someone will question where we got the money. Even fifty thousand is worrisome," John stated.
"I see your point. John, if the reporters have photographers and they splash our pictures all over the Martinique paper, we won't be able to go anywhere without being recognized," Em astutely mentioned.
"Oh, geez ... right you are! What the hell are we going to do? Should we just turn the money in, you think?" John questioned.
"No way! That's our money. It may have belonged to those drug runners but they tried to kill us. We deserve it!" Em affirmed.