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She wanted Sean to come back for her She wanted to be with hi with it," Bartholo his arms over his chest "Can’t you tell? Both Katie and Vanessa reacted to it--and you should trust Katie’s very acute sixth sense!"

"Well, genius, you were around when it all happened You tell ravated What was the matter with all of them? It was the find of a lifetime He wanted to be excited about it In fact, he realized, he’d been so damned excited, they hadn’t filmed any of it, except when Vanessa had first found the da

"I was around at the time, yes I didn’t run in the same circles as Dona Isabella I knew that she was a beauty--I saw her in the streets She was surrounded by servants She had a grand house Her husband never came from Spain, and she controlled all his properties here Now, I did meet Mad Miller, and in my mind, he wasn’t so mad And Kitty Cutlass…well, if she went crazy and killed a bunch of people, it was only because she was madly in love with Mad Miller But this trunk…you found it away from the ship?"

"Not far from the debris field It wasn’t on coral--or in the remains of the ship But I don’t knohat you think that means Debris travels It can spread out for miles--you know that" Sean paused and looked toward the dock David and Jay were there; they had called Jaden and Ted, and the couple was co the chest back to their place of business They would study and analyze it and figure out how to open it with the ht be inside Ted also knew a great dealthat needed to be done

"I don’t like it, I don’t like it, I don’t like it," Bartholomew said

"What’s not to like about the possibility of a cache of historical coins?" Sean asked

Bartholomew shook his head "You don’t need to make a fortune You’re a lucky ood living at it"

"That from a pirate," Sean moaned

"Privateer," Bartholoht--I don’t need a hoard of riches It’s not that, Bartholo about the past--I believe inout the truth about what happened, and every little clue gives us so you? What do you feel?"

"I’host I don’t feel Well, not really," Bartholoive an opinion"

"Actually, I do have a…oh, all right, I have a feeling But I don’t really understand it Is it Pandora’s box?" Bartholo…that e the e look at the past," Sean suggested

Bartholo his riches," he said

Jay stood with David, still gesturing, excited

As Sean watched, he saw Ted and Jaden arrive with their truck A fair group of tourists and locals had for lot beyond the restaurant and the docks, all looking anxiously to see as going on

"They’re here!" Jay called, spinning around to make sure that Sean had heard hi onto the deck Now that it was out of the water, the chest was eable, just aard, especially with three of theer side of the truck, leaving Jaden to maneuver it as close to the end of the dock as she could

"Cool! Cool, ohon the deck of the Conch Fritter "Every et her to our place I can’t wait, I can’t wait I want to keep it in a mist until we see hoill do out of the water This is a Cool, cool, cool!"

They hunkered down, the four of theht didn’t seem that bad Sean estihed between a hundred and a hundred and twenty pounds

They ot it onto a tarp Ted had stretched out over the bed of the truck

"Sean, your find, you go with Ted," David said "I’ll hose down and secure the Conch Fritter Then I’ll head straight over"

"Sure I’ll help David," Jay said without enthusiaso with Sean Never et there faster"

"Yeah, let’s do it!" Jay said

Before Sean could crawl into the cab, Jay was racing back to the Conch Fritter

Sean slid in next to Jaden, leaning forward between the driver and passenger seats She gave hirinned "You are on a roll!"

"Vanessa is on a roll I have no idea how she found it," he said

Ted climbed in and slammed the door "Drive, woman, drive!" he said

In a matter of minutes they were back at the shop They didn’t have to worry about weight or statistics; Ted and Jaden had carts and ramps, and they quickly had it down, still on a tarp, in one of their temperature-controlled rooms where the air was heavy with moisture

Jaden and Ted looked over the trunk and discussed the best way to attack it Obviously, they didn’t have a key, and if they did, the lock was probably too degraded to open with it They did, however, have a friend as a locks to have to wait

If they were going to have to wait, Sean wanted to bring Vanessa back

"All right, I’rab a quick shower, stop by for Vanessa, and we’ll all meet back here in an hour How’s that?"