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Sully looked over at the driver. “Hey,” he called over the sound of the engine. “Harper, this is Robert from Mimosa Marina. I’ve gotten to know him over the four or so years I’ve been renting sailboats there.”
“Pleased to meet you,” she shouted. “Thanks for coming to my rescue.”
Sully grabbed the rope Robert tossed him and loosely tied the boats together while Robert came aboard. They quickly showed Robert the problem with theSundancer.
“Yeah,” Robert said, “It seems to be something electrical. There’s a mechanic back at the marina who can take a look at it.”
Harper nodded.
“How about riding back with me?” Sully asked her. “Robert, you can check her boat into the shop without her, right?”
The man shrugged. “Sure.”
Harper worried her lip as she thought. She wouldn’t mind taking the sailboat, and even though Sully sometimes made her uncomfortable, he was familiar compared to total strangers.
“Okay,” she said. “I guess we can follow up with the mechanic when we arrive.” She snatched her tote bag with her wallet and personal things from where she’d stowed it next to the seat and dropped her cell phone inside.
Sully smiled, offering his hand to guide her onto his sailboat while Robert and his assistant readied theSundancerto be towed. She grabbed a seat on a bench on the port side and watched Sully put up the sails. He took the wheel and guided the boat to catch the wind. She had to admit he looked quite handsome at the helm.
Her heart did a silly double-thumping thing in her chest.No.Surely, it wasn’t high school all over again…
