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Something had changed.
Vera could feel the Dolphin hesitating, hanging there above them as the RB-S rode up and down the big ocean swell close behind the first line of breakers.
Suddenly, their boat was being dragged forward, riding the back of a wave at exactly the same speed as the water. It was a good move. When the wave broke, they’d be able to ride the leading edge of the trough…the deepest water that wasn’t under a breaker.
“You’re watching that helo hard enough to make a man jealous, sister,” the rescue swimmer was teasing her again.
“That’s my man up there.” She didn’t know why she said it. The change in control had probably been Sly taking command from Hammond, which meant that was Hailey’s man doing the flying up there. But she didn’t care.
“s**t. Why are the hot ones al
