Tuna Tango

by Steven Becker

  When she was out of sight, Will looked back toward the building and ran inside. Sheryl was huddled over Brice, who was leaning against a pole now, holding a rag against his wound.

  “He OK?” Will asked.

  “Yeah. The bleeding’s stopped. I guess it didn’t hit anything critical. Help should be here soon.”

  He sat down next to her and reached for her hand.

  Chapter 24

  The boat cut through the two-foot swell as Will lashed the tiller and trimmed the sails. He sat back and watched the waves. It had taken two days for the police to tell him he was no longer suspected of anything, and he knew that Brice’s account had helped things considerably. Sheryl had stayed on the boat with him in the meantime, some of their former closeness returning. It wasn’t the throws of passion, as it had been, but it was more than he knew he should expect.

  She’d explained how Jazmyn had colluded with her after George had threatened her and stormed out of the house. The threat of George returning her to Russia had forced her into action, and with the only means of transport the boat, she needed Sheryl. The two women had reached an uneasy peace.

  Will had told the whole story of meeting Jazmyn in the bar, drugging her, and the rescue at sea the next day.

  “I can’t go back to work at the club. Not after all this. And we still don’t know what happened to Dick and Kyle,” she said.

  “I think they’re OK. The platform was missing and I suspect they Huck Finned it down the intracoastal. Those guys are like cats, they’ll land on their feet.”

  “I hope so. I really did like them.” She paused. “I don’t want to ask you what you’re going to do with your life like an ultimatum, but I have to know what you’re thinking.”

  Will took a deep breath. “Lance's daughter came by this morning when you were still asleep. The family is committed to finishing the fish house and turning it into a restaurant. They want to sell the old processing building and get out of the fish business.”

  “Where does that leave you?”

  “They want me to continue the work. She paid me up to date and said I could start back as soon as the police cleared the building as a crime scene.” He looked over the side.

  “But?”

  “But I need to get my license reinstated and do this legally.” He frowned.

  “You know, we could do this together. I still want to go to school, but I can help do the office work.” She looked away.

  “But?”

  “But this boat’s gotta go.”

  He leaned across the cockpit and kissed her. “It’s got bad karma anyway, Partner.”

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