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"Hey!" A sles, and his mouth dropped the snorkel mouthpiece Still attached around his head, it fell to his neck and Dani found herselfhere?"

His colleague peeled off another pair of goggles It was the same Trenton Galloho steered his boat to her dock He waved before ducking back underneath the water Jonah hoisted hi here?"

Jonah shifted through the bucket "We found this cave a little while ago"

"What’s with the--?" Dani gestured to his hand

"It’s a freshwater mussel we found This was supposed to be extinct, but Trent thinks we’ve found the next greatest discovery since the Red River ran north"

"What?"

Jonah studied the mussel and replied, distracted, "It’s a river on the Minnesota and North Dakota border It goes up where all the others go down"

Not what she meant "Why are you here? How’d you find this place?"

"Oh--Jake told us about it He said he used to co dawned in his shoulders as he suddenly glanced up, wide-eyed "This was…"

"I found this place Not Jake" Dani sat beside hi up her pants, she slipped her feet into the water and felt it’s warainst the cold air This was a day when one shivered as they ca blanket

Jonah continued to watch her "Any consolation, but thisto be on the cover of Rivers and Strea to town in ato violate ht I’"

"This wasJonah was quick on the draw, but she felt the need to say it

Trenton decided to reappear that rinned at theood enough find to get sorant money for this river"

Jonah shot a cautious look in her direction

Trenton waved at her "Ah, it’s Dani She won’t say anything Besides, it’ll go public in two months Plenty of time to solidify our ownership before any freshwater pirates join up"

"Freshwater pirates?"

Trenton hoisted himself on the other side of Jonah "When a lot’s been found like this and it has so to be so to cash in"