Moon over Maalaea Bay by H. L. Wegley

Author:H. L. Wegley [Wegley, H.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611163247
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
Published: 2014-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

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From Lee’s vantage point at Waipuilani Park, he could see that all the vessels were either moving through the bay’s shallow blue waters looking for whales or were headed from Maalaea to another destination. Less than twenty minutes after leaving the store at Maalaea, Lee had eliminated Maalaea Bay from consideration.

He left the beach and strode to his car. He pulled out Katie’s map and scanned the Wailea area. There was a parking lot with beach access on the southern edge of the Grand Wailea Resort.

He left the park and drove south towards Wailea.

In about ten minutes, he passed the shops at Wailea and then the Grand Wailea Resort. The road turned to the right and climbed a hill. Near the top Lee saw the beach access sign. He turned in and grabbed a parking spot being vacated by an older couple.

After maneuvering into the undersized space, he glanced at his watch. An hour had passed since he told Katie and Granddad they needed to find the yacht. He had only an hour left if they were going to meet the timetable he had set.

Lee grabbed his binoculars and trotted down the path through the park. He climbed over a grassy knoll and stepped onto a paved beach trail about one hundred yards south of the big resort. To his left, about two hundred yards away, volcanic rock jutted out into the water. Wailea Point. He jogged towards it, passing several slow walkers on the trail.

After reaching the point, Lee stepped off the trail onto an undeveloped area evidently used by the more adventuresome tourists to walk down to the lava outcropping at the water’s edge. With his naked eye, he scanned the water from south to north. From this vantage point he could easily see from Molikini up to Kihei, his remaining area of responsibility.

Lee raised the binoculars and began a systematic search for anything resembling an anchored yacht.

One vessel large enough to qualify as a yacht was anchored two hundred yards south of Wailea Point, on the northern edge of a popular snorkeling destination called Turtle Town. Several smaller catamarans were anchored there, surrounded by the bobbing heads of snorkelers. It was a good place for a boat to anchor and yet remain relatively inconspicuous among the numerous other boats that stopped for periods of time for snorkeling.

Lee explored the yacht with his binoculars for a few minutes. A man sat at a table on the rear deck. A tall slender man seemed to be at his beck and call. Another man occasionally appeared on deck. He was shorter and stockier. There were three cabins on the visible side of the yacht. Probably three more on the other side.

Did one of them hold Jennifer? He prayed his observations would provide enough clues to answer that question.

On a small point a quarter mile to the south, two men stood looking seaward. They also seemed to be watching the yacht with binoculars. But perhaps they were only watching the snorkelers or turtles.

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