Page 84 of Hidden Depths
"Pull up a chair."
Scott spent twenty minutes listening to stories.
Really listening.
Storm watched from above.
Ward noticed.
"You've been smiling."
She looked surprised.
"Have I?"
"You have."
"Scott reminds me that people don't have to lose their sense of wonder just because they grow up."
Ward nodded.
"He reminds me not to take life so seriously."
Storm looked at him.
"You take it seriously."
"I always have."
"I noticed."
That afternoon...
Ivy sat cross-legged on the upper deck with her camera balanced on her knees.
She wasn't photographing dolphins anymore.
She was photographing the trawler.
Every hour.
Every course adjustment.
Every position.
Click.
Click.
Click.
She downloaded the images.
Placed them side by side.
Her heart skipped.
"They're matching us."
