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"Excuse me! I don’t really have hosts can "
"That’s not exactly true--since you talked a blue streak all day Now I have to think over sooing to ith her"
"It’s not just my decision David has to decide on this, as well"
"David’s going to do whatever you want to do"
"The point is, really, there’s nothing new that we’re going to discover Say Carlos Roca did it--he’s long gone Say soe the boat so that no one would ever recognize her, and they’re probably living in Brazil by now," Sean said
"You know better than anyone that it’s never too late to seek the truth," Bartholomew said
"Bartholo The story is intriguing I have to see how I’ to fit it in with the rest of the history ant to put out there--touching on enough, creating a story line--"
"You were creating a docuht in," Bartholomew said
"Hey, look--isn’t that the lady in white?" Sean asked, pointing toward the center of Mallory Square There was no one there, but Barthololared at Sean "She has a naton--Lucy"
"Well, it’s just damned adorable to see you so smitten, my friend," Sean said
Bartholomew shook his head "You won’t distract me Lucy and I have a lovely relationship We walk every afternoon through the ce the headstones And sometimes we stroll down Duval and observe the tourists Ah, I can smell the rum, so it seems, at times But, Sean O’Hara, God knohy, it seems I’m here still to help you, and h to be with o see if she’s in the ce whatever that encrusted piece is that Vanessa found over to Jaden and Ted"
He left the ghost on deck and went down to the Conch Fritter’s head Twenty minutes later, he headed to his friends’ shop, curiously flipping the thing--trinket or treasure--in his hand
Back in her roo in the heat of the water, trying not to think She e herself that she was overtired and suffering froain, she went to the dresser and stared at the copy of the likeness of Dona Isabella that Marty had given her the day before
She’d never heard that any ship had sailed with a figure head carved as a replica of Dona Isabella
Of course There was no figurehead She was exhausted, and she’d spent theto prove that she was izer bunny
She dressed quickly and looked at the ti and still really exhausted Okay, she was pretty sure that she’d pulled the ood footage, the giant grouper had certainly allowed Sean to get soe of her with the fish, and she’d discovered so at the bottom of the ocean, where the ship had wrecked and broken up nearly two hundred years ago
She could take a nap
Food and a nap
And maybe a drink to help her relax She was just a few feet away froood and stiff and a long nap
She had iht about it, if she was going to ies,to help her, she wanted the history known, she wanted the world to knohat horrible villains Mad Miller and Kitty Cutlass had been
Sleep
And she would quit seeing things
And with any luck, she wouldn’t dream
Sunken Treasures was located on Siart, were friends of Sean’s froether for years without choosing to marry, but they seemed happy, had no children, kept five cats in the small store, and appeared pleased with every aspect of their lives They never fought, which was nice, since Sean was good friends with both of the that he hadn’t been hoh school, but when he was in Key West, with the two of them, it was as if he had never left
"Hey!" Jaden said, looking up from her workstation as he entered Ted was across the rooht, twist-neck lamps, bottles with all kinds of solutions and brushes with varying degrees of bristles The shop was decorated with old broadsides and sailing paraphernalia from every century and decade It was eclectic and had one showcase--where they displayed the reproduction pieces that they made, much more affordable than the real items that could be purchased nifying glasses that e They arm brown eyes, and she had curly brown hair past her shoulders that gave her the look of a new age hippie Ted had the sa a Grateful Dead T-shirt and he also had curly brown hair that he wore long, a curly brown beard andsmile
"Nice to see you in our neck of the woods We usually have to go to karaoke down at O’Hara’s and warble out an old Crea