The Last King of Brighton (2011)
“She loved it, although it needed a clear day to see anything. Phil, the guy who ran the club, was ex-Navy but he now made a good living as a salvage diver. He had a bit of a soft spot for her.
He phoned her one evening when she was practising for a supper she was having at the weekend. Specifically, she was contemplating the mess she’d made of her first attempt to stuff a chicken breast.
‘I’ve been asked to get a crew together to check out the damage the firebombing did under the West Pier. See... if there’s risk of further collapse. Wondered if you wanted to tag along?’ Kate was a competent diver. She’d got her qualifications at university and had become obsessed with the sport. She’d been rusty when she joined the scuba club but had quickly got the hang of things again. Even so, the storm would have thrown up a lot of shit that would take weeks to settle. Visibility would be poor and if the pier was damaged under the water the dive could be dangerous.
‘Am I qualified for that kind of dive?’ she said.MoreLess
He phoned her one evening when she was practising for a supper she was having at the weekend. Specifically, she was contemplating the mess she’d made of her first attempt to stuff a chicken breast.
‘I’ve been asked to get a crew together to check out the damage the firebombing did under the West Pier. See... if there’s risk of further collapse. Wondered if you wanted to tag along?’ Kate was a competent diver. She’d got her qualifications at university and had become obsessed with the sport. She’d been rusty when she joined the scuba club but had quickly got the hang of things again. Even so, the storm would have thrown up a lot of shit that would take weeks to settle. Visibility would be poor and if the pier was damaged under the water the dive could be dangerous.
‘Am I qualified for that kind of dive?’ she said.MoreLess
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