South of Heaven by Ali Spooner

Author:Ali Spooner [Spooner, Ali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780908351909
Publisher: Affinity Ebook Press NZ LTD
Published: 2016-08-30T21:00:00+00:00

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After the meal, Lindsey finished cleaning the galley before walking onto the deck for some fresh air. The breeze had picked up and felt good on her face as she looked up at the brilliant stars. Movement to her left alerted her to Kendra’s presence, sitting on a small bench next to the wheelhouse.

“Hey, boss, you okay?”

“Yes, just too wired to sleep just yet. I had a long nap today thanks to you.”

Lindsey grinned at her. “Would a nice glass of wine help you relax?”

“That would definitely help.”

“I’ll be right back then.” She disappeared into the captain’s suite.

Lindsey smiled as she pulled open a small drawer and pulled out the corkscrew she had picked up at the store as an afterthought. It would have been horrible to have such lovely wine but no way to open the bottle. She held her breath as she began the process of uncorking the bottle, working it free from the bottleneck, breathing again only when she heard the pop of the cork. She had to chuckle when her search failed to locate wine glasses, so she took a pair of mason jars down from the cupboard. She poured the wine into the jars, re-corked it, and returned the bottle to the fridge. She picked up the jars and walked back on deck.

“Not exactly a wine glass, but these will do in a pinch.” She handed Kendra a jar.

“I will add some to my next shopping list. Where did you come up with the wine?”

“I stopped off at the wine shop and picked up six bottles of Riesling. I’m not certain it’s the same as we both liked, but the shopkeeper declared it his finest.”

Kendra smiled. “So it was you. The shopkeeper told me a young woman had been in earlier and bought six bottles.”

“Yes, it was me.” Lindsey grinned and made a bow.

“Good job.” Kendra lifted her mason jar to Lindsey. “Care to share my bench?”

“I’d love to.” Lindsey took a seat beside her. ”Gorgeous out here isn’t it?”

“Yeah, you’d never know there’s a storm brewing out there.”

“Stupid question, but have you checked the weather report lately?”

Kendra smiled at her and Lindsey felt her heart melt a little more. “Still strengthening, and slowing down. That’s never good.”

“How much longer until you think they’ll have a better idea of the track?”

“Two, three days tops.”

“We better work hard these next few days then.”

“We can do this, if the shrimp are still as plentiful as last week.”

“You’ll find them, just like you did before, Captain.”

Kendra took a sip of the wine and she turned to face Lindsey. “Thanks for having faith in me.”

“That’s so easy. You’re a great captain.” Distracted by the shine of the wine on Kendra’s lips, Lindsey found herself thinking how much sweeter her lips would taste. She cleared her thoughts when she realized Kendra had spoken.

“It helps to have a great crew to back me up.” Kendra had a tremor in her voice.

Twenty minutes later, they had finished the wine. “Would you care for another glass?”

“No, I think that was enough to relax me.

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