Grave Seas: A Maddie Graves and Rowan Gray Mystery by Lily Harper Hart

Author:Lily Harper Hart [Hart, Lily Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperHart Publications
Published: 2019-12-10T08:00:00+00:00

Eleven

They talked over dinner and then took their conversation to the tiki bar. Once there, Nick teased Maddie about overindulging and then ordered a piña colada for her himself because she was feeling reticent after her antics the first day.

“Trust me. You have nothing to worry about,” Quinn reassured her as they settled into a booth. He found he enjoyed Nick’s company as much as Rowan enjoyed chatting with Maddie. It wasn’t that he didn’t have friends on the ship — because he did — but Nick was different. He was a calm soul, never raised his voice, and he was so devoted to his wife he made Quinn feel normal ... mostly because he got a lot of guff from Demarcus and Michael, the captain of the ship, for fawning all over Rowan. Nick did the same with Maddie so he didn’t even notice when Quinn turned soft at mention of his girlfriend.

“It’s so neat that you read fortunes,” Rowan enthused as she sipped from a Mai Tai. “Are you psychic?”

Maddie shrugged. “Oh, well ... .”

“She’s magic,” Nick answered for her, lightly rubbing the base of her neck. “She’s always been magic.”

Rowan smiled. “I think it’s cool that you guys have essentially been together since you were kids. I mean ... that’s magical.”

“Not the entire time,” Maddie countered. “We were ... estranged, I guess that’s the best word ... for ten years. We didn’t speak to each other at all during that period.”

“Which I can’t imagine.” Rowan turned wistful. “You guys seem so in tune with each other.”

“It wasn’t my choice,” Nick volunteered. “She took off for the big city and left me in the dust.”

Maddie slid him a sidelong look. “Something I regret.” Her voice was soft. “I really am sorry.”

“Oh, geez.” Nick pinched the bridge of his nose. “I really wish I hadn’t brought this up. You have no idea. I was just teasing you, Mad. We’re long past this.”

“I know but ... .” She sipped from her drink. “It makes me feel bad.”

“You just can’t handle your liquor,” he countered. “That doesn’t mean I want you to stop drinking. I would simply prefer if you thought about happy things.”

“Fair enough.” She turned her full attention to Rowan. “Have you guys set a date for the wedding yet? You must be excited to start planning ... especially since your father returned from the dead just in time to walk you down the aisle.”

Rowan snickered, genuinely amused. “We haven’t picked a date yet. We’re going to start talking once ... well, once all of this is settled.”

“Yeah, speaking of that, what happens going forward with Lindsey?” Nick queried. “I mean ... I’m not familiar with maritime law on stuff like this.”

“I’m not sure,” Quinn admitted, playing with the ring of condensation left on the table by the beer he was nursing. “We don’t know that anything has happened to Lindsey. There’s no blood ... no body ... no footage of some dastardly deed. We have nothing.”

“Except a husband who pretended to be upset and then decided to throw a party,” Maddie said darkly.

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