Page 89 of Hidden Depths

"I don't think."

"I know."

Rose laughed.

"So much confidence."

"I was a Navy SEAL."

Scott grinned.

"We're trained to blame fish."

Rose laughed even harder.

I lowered the binoculars.

"They're doing exactly what we need."

Ben nodded.

"Keeping everyone relaxed."

"They don't even know they're doing it."

He looked toward Frank and Rose.

"Sometimes that's enough."

A door opened behind us.

Storm stepped onto the deck.

The breeze caught a strand of her blonde hair.

She tucked it behind one ear before joining us.

"What have you got?"

I handed her the binoculars.

"Look at the wheelhouse."

She adjusted the focus.

"I only see one man."

"Keep watching."

Almost a full minute passed.

Then another figure crossed one of the front windows.

Only for a second.

Then disappeared again.

Storm lowered the glasses.