9
Surprise revealed
Tasha gives me a wink. “A little bird told us to find you and tell you about the events scheduled for this trip.”
“A little bird?” I ask.
Freddie laughs. “Hardly a little bird, Tasha.” He turns to me. “It was only the captain himself.”
“It’s the surprise, Merry. Has to be,” says Kate.
I raise my eyebrows and look askance at the three newcomers. “You’re the surprise?”
Harry runs his fingers through his auburn hair and preens in a self-mocking way. “Don’t we look good enough to be a surprise, Merry?”
Dale, who’s been observing this exchange with impatience, demands, “What the hell are you lot talking about? Give it up, mates. Enough is enough. Are you strippers?”
Tasha’s head jerks back. She looks insulted. So they aren’t strippers.
“You’re entertainers of some
