A Few Minutes Ago:
Gabe shut off the engines to the trawler. Glancing upward, he saw Kane watching from the deck of his house. He quickly tied off the bow and stern lines before turning back to the lower galley. It would take Kane a few minutes to get down to the dock.
Impatient to see how his ‘catch’ was doing, he descended the steps two at a time. He hoped the woman hadn’t bled out all over his bunk. A movement in the shadows took him by surprise. The last thing he would have expected was to find the half-dead woman not only standing up but, from the looks of it, trying to escape.
A loud curse burst from his lips when he saw her startle. He didn’t mean to scare her, but he was so alarmed to see her up that the curse slipped out. He reached out, barely catching her as she collapsed. He
