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“Sounds like the place to start looking”

“I found that in a lagoon My guess is it washed out of an underground river Here on the east side of the island they all flow south to north Proble heavier than that plane”

“No offense,” Reed to, why haven’t you looked for it yourself?”

The ured sooner or later soht questions And here you are” The man walked toward his scooter, then stopped and turned back “You know, if I’d been a Ger for a place to hide out, I would’ve loved to have stumbled across a sea cave”

“Me, too,” Sam said

“As luck would have it, Ru this shore alone, round rivers”

“Thanks By the way, ever heard of anything called the Goat’s Head?”

The man scratched his chin “Can’t say I have Well, I’”

The man puttered off on the scooter and disappeared

Sam and Remi were silent for a few moments, then Sam said, “I’ll be damned”

“What?”

“We didn’t even think to get his name”

“I don’t think we need it,” Re at the hut

Beside the door was a wooden plaque In hand-painted red letters it said, CASA DE CUSSLER

CHAPTER 15