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The wave catapulted Halli out of bed.
Then she heard Ginny scream.
Halli felt disoriented at first. It was dark in the little cabin of the boat, and she wasn’t on the bed anymore. She and everything else that wasn’t tied down had slammed into the left side of the cabin and now lay there in a heap.
“Halli! Halli!”
She scrambled toward the hatch above.
Another wave hit the boat, tilting it sickeningly onto its side. Halli waited for the boat to right itself, then she pushed open the hatch and quickly climbed onto the deck. She slammed the hatch behind her to keep the cabin from flooding.
Halli peered into the darkness. “Where are you?”
“Here!” Ginny shouted. “Hurry!”
Halli rushed to the side of the boat. Ginny dangled halfway into the water, clinging to a rope.
Halli started to
