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I looked at the tattoo again He wasn’t atte when I studied it, either

"Are you ready to go?" he said

"As ready as I’ll ever be"

He led us on deck to the ladder that took us down to the waterline He shotmy feet off the side and dipped s I squealed when he splashed me

"Coreat after aHow do you know there are no sharks out here?"

He laughed, watching me as he treaded water "I don’t Come on"

And am for the next hour or so and it onderful fun Adam pointed out the distant spouts of hu out of the water in the distance When it grew too cold to stay in the water,uncontrollably, Ada himself, reached into a cabinet where a stack of toar it for me to walk into when I climbed the ladder

It felt wonderful and I thanked hio warm up in the Jacuzzi"

On the back of the middle deck, open to the sky, we soaked in the warne and appetizers The captain turned the boat around so that we could watch the sunset over the ocean

We talked and stuffed ourselves on Chef’s a appetizers: bacon-wrapped scallops, baked brie, and all kinds of great munchies So much so that our appetites were ruined for dinner Graciously, Chef told us she would pack a cold picnic for us to take up to the top deck ere hungry

And then ere alone watching the sunset paint the sky in deep reds and oranges reflecting out onto the ocean "So this is what you do in your copious amounts of spare time?"

He smiled "I’d like to take the boat out at least once a month Maybe over to Catalina, down to Mexico or just out on the water"

"Taking your ith you, of course"

He kept his gaze on the horizon "Perhaps"

I narrowedold office you have belowdecks It’s not for bringing wo wolanced at me "Yes, but you are an exception"