Page 468 of Hidden Depths

The engines went silent.

Then everyone began talking at once.

Hazel cried.

Willow laughed at her for crying, then cried too.

Ivy photographed all of it.

Calle stood near the stern with a new camera around her neck.

Ben had bought it for her before leaving Hawaii.

He claimed it was a replacement for equipment damaged during an operation.

No one believed him either.

Calle had found a small engraving on the bottom.

KEEP LOOKING.

She hadn’t told Ben she’d seen it.

But she touched the camera every time someone said his name.

The SEALs had returned home after Hawaii.

Piers was recovering.

Ben’s shoulder was healing.

John, Scott, and Mark promised they would join us again someday.

Storm told them their next charter would be free.

Then she quietly reimbursed every dollar they had paid for the first one.

She didn’t tell them.

She said they would refuse.

She was right.

They did refuse, but it was already done.

I wanted to be present when Ben called her.

Frank boarded first.

He hugged Storm.

Then me.

I hadn’t expected that.

Rose followed and kissed my cheek.

“You found your answer.”