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Ridiculous None of theht now," Sean assured his sister He see "It may be treasure," he said

"And it may not," she told him She waved a hand in the air "Maybe it’s docu like that"

"To reater treasure," Sean said

"Pieces of paper?" Jay queried gluhed "Come on, you must know the value of that kind of paper"

"Yeah Historic!" Jay said "I say it’s going to be pieces of eight! Gold and silver ingots We know the Santa Geneva sank there And she had co Dona Isabella and others back to Spain There had to have been great treasures on the ship!"

"I say that it’s going to be gold and silver because the da is heavy as hell," Sean said

Katie moved back by Vanessa She waved a hand in the air "Boys, boys! Bring this boat back in--or I’ll take the hellanced at her "He doesn’t want you driving his boat?"

"Oh, he’d let me, but I hit the dock once It was rather an expensive error," Katie said She tried to grin The grin failed

Sean, David and Jay remained excited Sean was at the helestured as they spoke, all enthusiastic

Vanessa jumped off the boat quickly to help with the ties when they arrived at the dock By then, she didn’t even want to be on the boat with the chest It was ridiculous, but she felt uneasy It was so stupid! She didn’t usually let herself behave so ridiculously Even when they had found the bodies of Travis and Georgia…or what had remained of them, she hadn’t been uneasy She had been horrified, and then angry They had been so young They had been so cruelly robbed of their lives And so aith it

She was tired Certainly, that was it

As if reading her ht?"

She nodded "Hey--I’s"

"I’ll ht?" Katie asked "I’e for work"

"I’ll be ho and s her hair back

"Boys, boys--take your time Vanessa and I will be fine," Katie assured hiether"

"Perfect," Vanessa said

She was on the dock; Sean was on the boat He s, really I’ll co drink at ye olde falad to see hiave her a thu that the two of the

"What do you think our problem is?" Vanessa asked Katie as they started toward Front Street

"I don’t knoeird, isn’t it? I was as excited as anyone e started--then it ca is filled with treasure, even after the state gets hold of it, we’ll be in nice shape"

"Katie, all of us are working None of us is desperate for a treasure Okay, h a serious funk after…after everything with the movie went so badly He didn’t work a lot I think he’s been working lately, but…not doing what he wants Underwater weddings, scuba trips…just enough to keep going He thought ould have been in the big bucks once the movie went to a distributor But then it was all so horrible…"

"Well, we’ll leave it to the boys," Katie said, rolling her eyes "And Jaden and Ted have worked with so finds Treasure after treasure They’ll get it unsealed without co! Sealed and preserved We need to be happy"

"Sure," Vanessa said She wrinkled her face in perplexity and stopped to stare at Katie "It’s absurd I was excited Now I’m not What made the difference?"

"I don’t know…I don’t know Maybe we should go back to and all by now We’ll get him to talk about Dona Isabella Maybe that will help us soend It was so tragic I’m not sure what else Marty can tell us," Vanessa said

"Can’t hurt, right?" Katie said

"Can’t hurt," Vanessa agreed

She was surprised when Katie wrapped her arlad Sean is colad, too

"Come into Katie-oke That’ll make you feel nored quickly, then went their separate ways

She was glad to head down Duval The tourists and bright lights helped her shake her feelings of unease

She was surprised when she hesitated as she neared her inn and decided she’d like a break instead of going right inside

She walked onto the patio restaurant next to the shop and decided that she’d like one drink There was a small empty table and she sat at it Despite the fact that it was busy, a waitress came her way fairly quickly, and she opted for a whiskey with cola

Her drink ca the activity Yes, Pirates in Paradise was happening A trio, dressed as pirates, was playing back at the small bandstand