Chapter 14
Eli checked the mooring lines and turned to look out over the bay one last time. It was late evening with the sun hovering low over the mountains, its orb shimmering and painting the sky with streaks of gold and orange. The day had been beyond busy. They had a boat full of six today. Eli was coming to wonder how he’d managed these charters without Ryan’s help. He’d been indispensable today between helping generally with anything and everything and spending a good hour assisting a customer with a badly tangled line and broken reel. They kept extra equipment on the boat for situations like that, but the man had insisted he only wanted to fish with his own equipment. Ryan’s patience was greater than Eli’s, so he’d happily turned the job over to him. Cliff and Ryan had left a few m
