“Are you coming, Kerry?” Suzanne called down. “Bart and Karen are waiting to get back, not to mention me. This has been quite a day. It can’t end too soon.”

The couple laughed as Jason followed Kerry back up the stairs. He watched the two women climb aboard the smaller boat, now resting easily inside the protection of the marina, feeling fairly good about himself.

Chris leaned over next to him from the pilot seat. “You ask her?”

Jason gritted his teeth and thrust out his lower jaw. “I asked her.”

“She say yes?”

“She said yes.”

“Good thing you have me along to tell you how to do all these things.”

Jason looked over to his brother with a serious expression. “Good thing! Dock the boat, Doc!”

“Okay, Cap,” Chris grinned back at him.

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CHAPTER 2