Ocean Burning
“The light shined off it one last time, just as a wave rolled underneath us, and it went under the gas-powered stove I kept down there in the galley. It was attached to the wall, wouldn’t possibly move without three men and a power drill. I said as much.Ben grimaced, and dug around in pocket of his pressed J. Crew shorts. His hands came out a few seconds later clutching nothing at all. He looked at me accusingly, as though the timing of the wave had been my fault.I oblidged him, checking the one... pocket in my oil-stained cutoffs that wasn’t full of holes, and came up with a nickel. It wasn’t regulation for this sort of thing, but beggars can’t be choosers.Ben extended his hand and I pressed the nickel into it.“Do you really think it best to leave this up to a coin-flip?” he asked.“No,” I said. “It’s just that I can’t think of anything better to leave it up to either.”“I can’t believe you we’re even considering leaving those men.” Carmen’s arms were cross over her chest, her eyes green fire.MoreLess
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