“There waseveryreason to bother me.” Peter’s eyes narrowed. “If that ever happens again, I had better be your first call.”
“If that happens again, it’ll be the last time I ever set foot on another boat.”
Peter scowled.“Dad.”
“I’ll call. I promise.”
Peter maintained his expression for a few more seconds, then said, “But you’re okay?”
“I’m fine. Really. Dino and I even played golf on Friday.”
“I played golf,” Dino said. “I’m not sure what you were doing.”
“Is someone investigating the accident?” Ben asked.
“The Coast Guard.”
“Do they know why it went down?”
“Not as far as I know. And, truthfully, since theAmanda Jaesank a good sixty miles off the coast, they’ll probably never really know.”
“What you need is a submarine,” Peter said.
“That’s what I said,” Dino said.
“As Ed Rawls pointed out, the Coast Guard doesn’t have subs,” Stone reminded him. “And I doubt the U.S. Navy would divert one of theirs for a look.”
“Who said anything about the Navy?” Peter asks. “We can ask Josie.”
“Josie Hale has a sub?”
Peter snorted. “No, but she has access to one through her friend Xavier Silva.”
“The multibillionaire?”
Peter nodded. “One of his companies specializes in underwater vehicles, and he lets Josie use whatever she needs for her documentaries.”
“That’s very kind of him.”
“It’s also good PR,” Ben said.
“If you want, we can ask Josie what the chances are of using one of Silva’s subs to get a look at the wreck,” Peter offered.
“The Coast Guard is in charge of the investigation, so it’s really up to them, not me,” Stone said. “But I do like the idea. Talk to her, and in the meantime, I’ll ask the Coast Guard if they’d be interested.”
“Will do,” Peter said. “And, Dad, I know how your lawyer mind works, so let me state this clearly. When I said you need to promise to call me if this happens again, I didn’t mean only if a ship goes down.”
“It was a boat,” Stone said. “Ships are—”
“Larger, I know. That’s kind of my point. The thing that puts you in a hospital doesn’t matter. The fact that you’re there does.”
“What he’s saying is any time you get hurt, you need to call him,” Dino said.
“Thank you, Dino,” Stone said. “But I received the message.”
Peter looked at his dad, an eyebrow raised. “I’m waiting.”
Stone sighed in defeat. “I promise.”
