One Fish, Two Fish, Big Fish, Little Fish: Silver Dawn (Smugglers In Paradise Book 2) by R. Scott Tyler

Author:R. Scott Tyler [Tyler, R. Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Griffonneur Press
Published: 2016-06-04T23:00:00+00:00

Goodbye Forever, Taipei

Steven and Konnor only saw Benjiro from afar as they boarded the ship. He’d waved to them both, but hadn’t come over to discuss their day. He didn’t show up until late the next evening, after Konnor was fast asleep in his bunk and Steven took his first break since leaving port.

“Jeez, Benji, where’ve you been?” Steven asked him.

“I’ve been here. Although I almost didn’t make it…twice,” his friend answered.

“What happened? You look like hell. Is it bad news from Toma-san?” Steven asked.

“No, nothing like that. Bad news for me…and maybe for you,” he answered.

“The bill? You went to the bank…tell me, my friend, what is it?” Steven was starting to get nervous. His friend’s bad energy was creeping across the deck, crawling up his legs, giving him chills.

“That money and the clip it was in are really bad news, Steven,” Benjiro said, and continued, for more than an hour, telling his best friend the story of his afternoon, the two deaths he’d witnessed, and maybe caused, and his suspicions about the money clip Konnor had brought with him from his narrow escape.

When the story was told Benjiro looked a bit better. It was a load off his chest, but Steven felt flat. He was not a worrier by nature, but he was a planner. He always plotted, rehearsed, and dreamed. Some might call it anxiety, but it didn’t feel that way to him. But man, he had to admit that none of his mental practice runs of the summer vacation sailing trip with his son included having him snatched, being the focus of a Triad search for stolen property, or murder.

He began to think about putting Konnor on the first plane back to Manila when they reached Shanghai.

“I thought about it when I came back to the ship, Steven. I don’t know how anyone could trace anything to us. There’s just no possible way,” Benjiro said. “I think we can leave this behind us.”

“I hope you’re right. I have a couple of days to decide what to do. Should I put Konnor on a plane back to Manila or go ahead with our vacation?” Steve said.

Konnor would be more than a little bit disappointed to have the time with his dad end by flying home…by himself or with Benjiro to accompany him. His mother was going to be distressed by much of what happened no matter what. While he probably hadn’t forgotten it, Konnor didn’t seem debilitated by what happened in Hong Kong. They’d enjoyed the theme park, and of course Konnor didn’t know the details that his dad and Benjiro now knew.

Steven could feel himself be swayed to not cancel his own time in Shanghai. He was afraid if he did that he would forever lose the chance to learn anything more about his sister’s death. After so many years maybe it shouldn’t have made any difference, but he still wasn’t ready to give up.

“Sleep on it. Maybe you’ll think of something I haven’t, but whatever you decide, I’m following it through with you,” Benjiro said.

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