Saving Joe

“Ha ha. I already told you, Logue’s off-limits for the next two weeks, but after that…” He whistled.

“Quit your daydreaming and give Team Two another call. Then wake up the princess. She’s past due for calling in.”

“Aye, aye, Skipper.”

GILLIAN OPENED HER EYES to a sight so fantastic she almost believed it a dream.

The tide was out and the cave flooded by brilliant light. Iridescent green anemones clung to the cavern walls. In luminous tidal pools of blue-green water so glassy clear it didn’t look real, lived stars. Purple and green. Striped and mottled. There were tiny darting fish and crabs. Barnacles and clams.