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The cabin cruiser was throwing up a boave Quinn admired and envied What must it be like to fish from a power boat?

"Give ’eave them a sort of salute And then one of the women on the bow took off her bikini top

"Well, I didn’t expect that," Quinn admitted

"Drunk," Amber said

The cruiser captain, obviously displeased, turned his boat sharply, which threw the woman off balance and would foul thein

Quinn could see thethe his head in an I can’t believe these people kind of way

At the dock they unloaded the catch--not i Salt water was hell on nets By now Quinn knew just about every sub a net, but they still needed checking and reement from this part of the day’s work because he was the one who had to go and ed up the slope toward the town plaza, torn betweenhi a treacherous, cowardly weasel Dealing with Caine was always difficult Caine was not a business Quinn would produce randiose or even depressed Until very recently Albert had ed Caine, but in these last couple of days Quinn was starting to fear that in so" had fallen to hiiddiness that heat Caine’s outdoor desk Virtue ith hi instructions froo in what felt like another life, Quinn had derided Edilio as a wetback, an illegal alien Now he could have kissed hie," Quinn said after he had e," Edilio said, with a shy grin

"If I were any less tired, I’d do the happy dance," Quinn said "I still may"

Edilio stuck out his hand and Quinn took it

"I hear you’re having a hard tie for your fish," Edilio said

Quinn nodded "Pretty ure it out?"

"You got it So, where’s His Highness?"

Edilio, straight-faced, said, "His Highness is off with Sa each other?"

"Not as far as I know," Edilio said "They’re looking for Gaia"

That wiped the grin off Quinn’s face "Oh"