Chapter 7
“LOOKS LIKE YOU’RE ready to cool off,” his grandfather said.
“Yes, Sir. Is the boat running okay?”
“You bet it is. I take it out every three or four days. Why do you ask?”
“If you feel like driving, I wouldn’t mind doing a bit of skiing.”
“Now you’re talking. Give me a couple of minutes to change clothes, and we’ll do it.”
“I’ll go get the boat ready.”
Brody walked out to the end of the dock and stepped inside the boathouse. He used the electric winch to lower the ski boat into the water, then pulled the boat manually around to the edge of the dock and tied it securely. He went to a storage shed beside the house, retrieved his favorite slalom ski, and took it down to the edge of the water. Then he waded out to the boat, retrieved the ski rope, and pulled the handle back to
