Page 310 of Hidden Depths

Frank looked wounded.

Rose leaned toward him.

“The trip is free.”

He considered that.

“Very well.”

I went below deck and opened the charter account on my laptop.

The refund to Frank and Rose took less than a minute.

Then I opened the expenses connected to the SEALs.

Fuel.

Food.

Equipment.

Hotel rooms they hadn’t used.

Emergency supplies.

Every dollar they had paid to protect us.

I returned it to the credit cards on file.

They would argue if I told them.

Ward would probably try to reverse it.

So I told no one.

By the time they noticed...

I planned to be nowhere near the conversation.

Calle leaned against the cabin doorway.

“You refunded the SEALs too.”

It wasn’t a question.

“Maybe.”

“Ward is going to be angry.”

“He can be angry for free.”

She laughed.

“You know they won’t accept it.”

“They don’t have a choice.”

“They always have a choice.”