‘Your wife!’ He blurted. I turned around just in time to see Hennie in the spotlight fall flat as a board, face first into the water. Made to run back over to where she entered. I could still see the bubbles risin’, but my damn leg was pulled fast to the side of the lawman’s hull. I grabbed at it, but it wouldn’t budge. Pulled my pant leg up to get at the straps to yank it off, but they too were frozen solid.
‘What’s happenin’? Help me, man! My wife!’
The deputy pulled his light down at my metal. I was lookin’ to grab anything I could to help me get away.
‘That’s weird. This boat ain’t magnetized that I know of.’
I used my other leg for leverage against the side and pushed until the strap below my knee finally snapped free. Turned and crawled over to the edge to follow Hennie. It was t
