Eighteen
Monday, March 22, 10:37 A.M. CST
Bailey’s Key
Eva tried to lure Taffy into her research corral using mackerel, but the dolphin refused. Inexplicably, the dolphin insisted on keeping watch over the steps of Bailey’s Key, as if waiting for Plata to reenter the water. Finn was equally determined, hanging beside her rather than playing with Rascal. Neither creature would budge.
While Eva stood on the dock and tried to figure out what to do, a boat approached. Ignacio, in his obnoxious cigarette speedboat, the Venom. He was accompanied by one of the ninja twins—from a distance Eva still couldn’t tell the two of them apart.
Eva looked from the boat to Taffy and sighed. Ignacio would want her to help him find and stop the Lusca, but she wanted to continue her work. It was Taffy’s st
