The girl emerged from the cabin where she was sleeping, hair tousled, eyes heavy, wanting to know what’s going on.
“Go back inside, now!” he yelled to her.
By now, the other cruisers had arrived and encircled the confusing scene. Their blinding spotlights clearly showed a single person in the speedboat, which was tossing violently, with an occasional wave banging the speedboat into the side of the Sea Ray.
The kidnapper could barely stand up in his stricken boat as it rocked. He had both hands in the air as if to surrender but was holding what appeared to be an automatic rifle in one hand.
The Afterglow was the closest, so its captain got on its loudspeaker.
“Drop the weapon!”
The kidnapper ignored the demand. May not speak English, thought the Afterglow captain.
As the Afterglow ro
