Page 103 of Perchance To Dream
B??t? ?f ?ll sizes filled th? w?t?r ?nd lin?d a l?ng wooden d??k. She started w?lking, figuring ?h? w?uld ?v?ntu?ll? find Knox. Halfway d?wn the d??k ?h? w?? yanked ?id?w???, b?tw??n tw? b??t?.
"W?r? you f?ll?w?d?" Kn?x ??k?d intensely, his ???? d?rting ?r?und. Sky tri?d n?t to l?ugh ?t his ??ri?u?n???.
"I'm clean."
"Are ??u ?ur?? Y?u ??n n?v?r b? t?? careful."
"I'm a hundr?d ??r??nt ?ur?." Sh? ??uld see him r?l?x and h? ?mil?d d?wn ?t h?r. "Having fun?"
"I'v? ?lw??? w?nt?d to be a ???r?t ?g?nt," h? ??id with a ???k? smile.
"Y?u, And?r? and m? cousin, Cece."
"Did he t?k? m? ?dvi?? about ?li??ing th? note int? ??ur h?nd?" Kn?x ??k?d.
"He was extremely ?t??lth?. N? one ?v?n ??w it. Although I d?ubt anyone was int?r??t?d in anything ?th?r then th?ir coffee."
Th? way Kn?x w?? looking ?t Sk? ?hift?d ?nd she ??uld f??l th? change.
"H??," he ?mil?d, ?ulling h?r in a f?r a ki??.
"H??," ?h? ??id, ?? ?h? pulled b??k, a bright smile ?n h?r f???.
"Come with me."
Kn?x took her hand, eager t? ?h?w h?r the surprise.
"Wh?r? are w? g?ing?" ?h? ??k?d, her ???? l??king ?r?und.
"Well, ?in?? we ??n't h?ng ?ut ?n th? ?rui?? ship t?g?th?r, I thought we ??uld g?t ?ur ?wn ?hi?," h? said, ??inting t? a l?rg? white yacht.
"What?"
"I th?ught ?in?? it's th? last day ?nd we b?th h?v? the d?? ?ff, wh? n?t?"
"I d?n't even know wh?t t? say!" Sk? said. Sh? turn?d t? Kn?x with a mischievous ?mil?. "I mean, fin?ll?! Thi? i? th? only reason I've b??n h?nging ?ut with ??u."
Kn?x ?hu?kl?d, ?ulling her t?w?rd? the b??t.
"Thi? i? P?t?r ?ur ???t?in," h? ??id, intr?du?ing Sky t? the middl? aged m?n, waiting f?r th?m ?t the ?ntr?n?? t? the ???ht. "And you kn?w th?t big ??? over there." He ??int?d t? M?r???.
"Skipper," Sk? called ?ut, nodding ?t Marcos. "I'm gl?d to ??? ??u f?und a ?hirt th?t fit?."
M?r??? l?t out a ??r???ti? l?ugh.
"Y?u ??n j?k? ?ll ??u w?nt, but ??u might find ??u ju?t happen to slip over board," M?r??? ??id ??ri?u?l?, with a twinkl? in his eye.
"Y?ur ?hirt l??k? l?v?l?," ?h? corrected. "N?w lets go ?x?l?ring!" Knox ??uld see a gl??m ?f ?x?it?m?nt in h?r eyes.
Th?? ?h?ng?d int? th?ir b?thing ?uit? and m?t up ?n the m?in d??k.
"So wh?r? ?r? w? g?ing?" ?h? ??k?d.
The b??t w?? ?t?rting t? ?i?k u? ????d ?? it l?ft th? l??t of th? d??k?d b??t? b?hind and hit the ???n water.
"You'll just have to wait ?nd ???," Kn?x said, mischievously.
The front part ?f the boat was wid? open ?nd Sk? qui?kl? ti?d her h?ir b??k ?? it w?nt wild in th? wind. Th?r? w?? turqu?i?? water stretching in ?v?r? dir??ti?n. Ev?r? so ?ft?n a r?fr??hing ??r?? of ??lt w?t?r splashed u?, wh?n th? b??t hit a big wave.