Rising Water by Wayne Stinnett

Author:Wayne Stinnett [Stinnett, Wayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781733935111
Publisher: Down Island Press
Published: 2019-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

“I’m going with you,” Jerry Snyder said, as John and I packed some supplies we’d need.

“No, you’re not,” I replied, without looking at him.

“You’re still limping,” he said. “You can’t go it alone.”

“I once spent more than a month alone in the deserts of Kuwait, son. Surrounded by the enemy night and day.” Then I straightened and put a hand on his shoulder. “Besides, you’re on your honeymoon.”

“Yeah, well, the first three days were great.”

I could understand the dejection the turn of events had caused him. He’d hoped the beginning of their marriage would be a series of wonderful, fun-filled days in the sun. At least they’d had three days, and his wife was still alive. Having lost my second wife on our wedding night, I knew his honeymoon could have been worse.

“Wouldn’t be a bad idea,” John agreed. “You’re not at a hundred percent.”

“Can’t take the risk,” I said, turning to John. “He’s a cop, yeah. But he’s way out of his jurisdiction here.”

“And you?” Jerry said.

“I spent twenty years in the Marine Corps, doing just what I’m about to do now, infiltrating an enemy stronghold alone. Then I spent several more years with Homeland Security, teaching their operatives to do the same thing.”

“That doesn’t give you the authority to do what you’re planning to do,” Jerry said. Then he turned to Lettsome. “And as a police officer, you’re just going to let him?”

“We have a long-standing working relationship with his employer,” the detective said.

“Then hire me,” Jerry said to John.

John rubbed his chin. “I’m not the one that does the hiring.”

I already knew John was planning to recruit the kid. He had the background Armstrong was looking for.

I was planning to go ashore at the eastern end of the island, just to look around and see if I could find anything. If the body floated all the way to Little Thatch, maybe something with five digits had washed up on the rocks here, and the sharks missed it.

I looked Jerry over again. “You dive?”

“I’m certified,” he said. “Made a couple hundred dives.”

Turning to John, I said, “Call Jack. If it’s okay with him, I’ll take him along. If nothing else, just to keep the sharks away from me.”

John went to the back room to make the call.

“How will we get there?”

“My boat’s right out there in the bay.”

“I looked at the chart,” Jerry said. “Impossible to anchor, unless you have like a thousand feet of anchor line.”

“I do, but we’re not anchoring. John will drop me in the water and hang out offshore, like he’s fishing.”

Jerry looked toward the back of the house, his face a mask of concern, and then he leaned in close. “Are you sure? I mean, a one-eyed man in an unfamiliar boat?”

“John used to own her,” I said. “And as far as the eye, or his age for that matter, you’ll look far and wide to find someone more capable. Never judge a book by its cover, kid.”

John stepped back into the living room.

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