Forty-Five
Saturday, March 27, 9:17 A.M. CST
Tranquility Bay Resort
“Where should we go today, Captain?” Thomas asked. “I’m game for anything—as long as it’s far, far from that shark reef.”
He and Ruben were loading the air tanks onto the Reefer in preparation for another outing with the guests. To Thomas’s surprise, every last one of them had shown up again, despite their adventure with the sharks.
Ruben chuckled. He seemed chipper after a day off. “Let’s stay away from Mandy’s Eel Garden too. We might run into Miguel’s thumb. What about Mary’s Place? That’s a crowd-pleaser.”
“Works for me.”
It had been years since Thomas had been there, but the dive site was legendary, with its shallow reef and abundant diversity. It also had a series of caverns and tunnels to traverse, which woul
