“The sun had gone down in a blaze of red that spilled a rosy glow over the water and left streaks of color in the sky. He took a last drag on his cigarette, flipped it out into the water. The screaming gulls that had followed the Queen from Barbados looking for a meal ticket had long ago given up and turned back. Carson Eldridge, his white hair covered by a plaid cap, nodded briefly as he passed Johnny on his second lap around the deck. There was no sign of his daughter, Fran, or the crew cu...t type on the deck. They were probably in the grand hall dancing to the after-dinner music, Liddell figured. Nor had he seen any of his table companions after they had all straggled out of the dining salon in ones and twos after the meal. The honeymooners, Harry and Belle Doyle, had remained oblivious to the rest of the diners through most of the meal, were the first to finish and disappear. Maurie Handel and his well-stacked wife had lingered only a short time after the honeymooners, then had beat a hasty exit.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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