So I did. But not before hugging my mother close and steering her to the porch to get a clear view of the dock. “I’ve stopped settling for second best,” I explained, meaning Tomlinson, then nodded toward the water. “Why would I?”
Moored to the dock, the hull of my new home glowed midnight blue in the fresh sunlight, floating weightless as an orchid, as free as a swan.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Randy Wayne White is the author of twenty-three Doc Ford novels, most recently Deep Blue; the Hannah Smith novels Gone, Deceived, and Haunted; and four collections of nonfiction. He lives on Sanibel Island, Florida, where he was a light-tackle fishing guide for many years, and spends much of his free time windsurfing, playing baseball, and hanging out at Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille.
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