But he could not allow her to slack off now, not until they reached shore and found a small measure of safety. He marveled at her endurance after all she had been through the past six days and felt pity for the aches and exhaustion he knew she was suffering. She matched Pitt stroke for stroke, staying right alongside him. The incoming tide pushed them along at close to a knot, and they made good time. They set off with the elementary backstroke, arms thrown back, legs thrusting in a whip kick. His combat boots were a tight fit and allowed little water to seep inside, so he left them on, well aware they would be essential once he stepped on shore. He pulled the drain plugs, and they swam away as the little sport craft slipped under the sea and sank to the bottom. Pitt and Jessie evaded a prowling Cuban patrol boat and were within a thousand yards of the Cuban shoreline when the battery on the Dasher died. I didn't know Wyoming had a swimming pool. She sputtered and spit for a moment and said,I took third in an all-state high school meet. They never breakfast before six o'clock, he said impatiently.Now come on, no more talk. Oh, God, it was you she groaned in dazed fright.Īll the more reason to make shore and find cover.
Nine miles southwest, bearing two-two-two degrees. The operator ignored the radar screen and stared intently at the enhanced computer display.Okay, I have a tiny object that's a possible. She coughed as if she had taken in some water but appeared to be treading without effort. By the fourth or fifth chest, you’ll be so greedy that you’ll run right up and open itand then suddenly, two arms spring out of the sides and pull your head inside, where a giant pair of jaws. With the added light Pitt could easily keep Jessie in view. An early morning quarter-moon slipped over the horizon two hours ahead of the sun. The water felt comfortably warm and the waves remained low. Quiet he rasped.You'll alert every guard patrol for miles. She shrieked, thinking she was being attacked by something big with a triangular fin, unseeing eyes, and a mouth that only a dentist could appreciate. He reached out and accidentally brushed one of Jessie's legs as he surfaced. Pitt stopped and dove straight down, touching bottom at what he reckoned was ten feet. The only snag was that he could easily get killed. LeBaron's clue was meager, but the statue had to be somewhere in Cuba. And then there was the lure of the La Dorada treasure. He could never resist sticking his foot through a door to the unknown.
Only he wasn't in love- attracted, yes, but not swept away. The tide is running in our favor, so let's get moving before it turns.īut it was business as usual for Pitt.In for a penny, in for a pound / It's love that makes the world go round. Why? he asked dumbly.Why would they deliberately go to Cuba?
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