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“No,” she said. “It’s not okay. Even if you say it is, it isn’t.”
I didn’t have anything to say to that.
“Let’s go,” she said. “They can take their picture without us.”
The boat ride hadn’t happened today.
That’d mostly been because the majority of the people that’d come out to dinner with us had been
drunk off their asses and hadn’t wanted to take a break from drinking long enough to get on a boat.
Which was why they’d ended up at the bar, and then on the beach where there was a continuation
of the bar.
“Where are we going?” I wondered.
She veered off the beach and led us to the other side where they were loading people onto the
boat that we’d been supposed to ride.
She waved at the man. “Hey, are we too late?”
The tanned man with bright white teeth and bleach-blond hair shook his head.
“Nope, just on time, actually,” he said as he held out his hand for Frankie to take.
Frankie did, then climbed up into the back of the boat before smiling at the captain who handed
her a lei.
I nodded at the man that was watching me stoically.
“You military?” he asked when I climbed up and took my first step up onto the boat.
“Yes,” I said simply.
The man looked indifferent for a few long seconds before saying, “Thank you for your service.”
I nodded once and kept walking down the length of the boat, making my way to where Frankie
was grabbing a mug of beer.
I picked up one on my way, too, grinning at the bar attendant.
“Thanks,” I said, taking a sip of the lukewarm, watered-down beer.
“Welcome,” the man said cheerfully.
He was scarred like me, but looked like he’d sustained his wounds many, many years ago.
“You by yourself, man?” he asked conversationally.
I shook my head and indicated Frankie who was watching a couple of seagulls fight over a piece
of bread that a kid had just thrown.
“That’s my girl,” I said, gesturing with my head only.
