hole in my life, pgs 66-110

I am liking the story more and more as it goes on. This section of the story was about how and why he got into smuggling hash to the United States. He also talks about his journey while smuggling the drugs. Jack who always wanted to go to college never really had the funds so when an opportunity to make a lot of money came around he decided to take it. He was offered to join another man to smuggle hash from St. Croix to New York City. After completing the job he would receive $10,000 dollars and this was enough money for him not to think about the consequences too much. Jack figured that afterward he would be able to take that money and go to college somewhere. That day he told his family that he found a sailing job and would be leaving the island. After a few practice sailing trips Jack and Hamilton, the other man sailing with Jack, set out for New York. There were several rough moments through the trip considering that Jack had little experience with sailing and the weather was not great at all. They almost ran out of fuel once but fortunately they ran into a large Japanese fishing vessel and were able to barrow some fuel. They also once found their way into military water and had to be directed out by the Coast Guard. Hamilton had a strong disliking for Jack looking like he was always guilty of something. Eventually they made it to New York and found a place to keep their sail boat. Rik, the man who planned the operation, met them at the dock to pick them up. They met with some people and then later came back to the boat to get the rest of the hash. There was a huge storm the day before and caused the sail boat to unhook from the dock. The owner of the marina said that some people boarded the ship and anchored it down for them. Jack immediately realized the anchor was next to all the hash and whoever saved the boat saw the hash. They were able to get back on their ship and there was nothing unusual with the ship so they were safe and went to put the ship at a different marina.

So far they have come close to getting caught several times. My prediction is that the people who saved the boat called the cops and the cops set up a sting operation to catch them in the act with the hash. Either way I am super curious to see what happens to Jack and how he gets caught. It is kind of sad that he had to try and go to all this trouble to go to college and that he could not find a better way to get the money. Must have been some really hard times.