Within the crystal-clear azure-blue ocean were an abundance of cool-looking, beautifully-colored fish including the famous humuhumu-nukunuku-apua"a with its distinctive clown face, the mamo or Hawaiian Sergeant, reminiscent of perch, and the brilliant yellow, uniquely shaped lauwiliwilinukunuku"oi"oi or forceps fish. Several yards away, a majestic sea turtle poked its cubic head from the Pacific. The water was fairly tranquil and looked far from deep, but it was way over my head … much as I felt I was right now.
Cash parked himself alongside and I could smell Bleu de Chanel, a cologne he favored. “Are you up for a swimming lesson?”
Of course I wanted to learn how to swim like a pro, but I didn"t want him as instructor. Before I could respond, however, he"d pitched me overboard.
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