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Lucas had been joking about digging up Megan’s secrets. Or at least he’d thought of it as a joke. But as soon as they reached one of his favorite halibut holes—two hundred feet deep with a nearby underwater ledge—curiosity got the best of him.
How had this smooth-talker ended up with someone as genuine and authentic as Megan? And how had he let her go?
He gave the controls to Ralphie and got Dev settled into the cushioned swivel chair with his best Okuma SST halibut rod. He baited the round hook with herring, attached a lead weight, and gestured for Dev to toss the line overboard. “Wait until the weight hits bottom, then close the reel. Have you done much fishing before?”
“I went fly-fishing once. I never got the feel of it. Waste of an afternoon, except that I signed a big client t
