The Devil's Necktie
“A heavy concrete-and-stone seawall running perpendicular to the jetty, a hundred yards out, protected the man-made marina and its million-dollar yachts, high-rises, hotels, and condos from the capricious sea. These two man-made structures created the egress in and out of the waterway. The constant flow of boats painted a perfect moving picture, Delgado thought as a heavy formation of pelicans skimmed by, impossibly close to the choppy ocean on their way to points south.
It was seventy-six d...egrees, and the balmy wind was blowing and snapping his silver hair over his collar as he held a mobile phone tight to his ear.
Winter in Southern California.
He lowered his head and then turned back toward land, frustrated, as the wind made hearing almost impossible. He could see the broad white beach of the Marina del Rey strand curving on his left, all the way past the Santa Monica Pier, to the tip of Malibu. On his right, on the other side of the wide channel, was the beach at Playa del Rey.MoreLess
It was seventy-six d...egrees, and the balmy wind was blowing and snapping his silver hair over his collar as he held a mobile phone tight to his ear.
Winter in Southern California.
He lowered his head and then turned back toward land, frustrated, as the wind made hearing almost impossible. He could see the broad white beach of the Marina del Rey strand curving on his left, all the way past the Santa Monica Pier, to the tip of Malibu. On his right, on the other side of the wide channel, was the beach at Playa del Rey.MoreLess
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