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Makayla released her hold on Brian’s waist when he pulled to a stop next to the twenty-six foot sailboat. It looked completely different than it had just over a month ago. She slid her leg over the seat and pulled the helmet off, handing it to Brian.
“Henry said that you and Jason are going to install the rigging today,” she said, walking over to run her hand over the glossy back of the boat. “Do you know why he named it the Defiance?”
“Jason said something about when Henry was younger that he was going to sail around the world or something like that,” Brian said with a shrug. “He bought the boat when he was like in his early twenties.”
“Dad planned on eloping with mom and sailing off into the sunset with her,” Jason said, coming out from between the Defiance and the boat next to it.
