Chapter 33Monday 22 March
Maida let Drayco sleep late on Monday, but a late-morning call from Sheriff Sailor lured Drayco to the downtown docks. Sailor had filled him in about a local man’s death the Sheriff and Nelia were involved with earlier, but Sailor didn’t think it was related to the Keys’ murders. It made Drayco feel a little guilty Sailor had been up and on the job early.
Drayco watched a man in a neoprene wetsuit slide down the tie rope into foamy water, dodging piles of driftwood, plastic bottles and Styrofoam containers washed against the pier’s stanchions. As the diver’s head sunk beneath the waves, Sailor said, “That’s his third time down and his last. Water’s above freezing, but not much. You a diver?”
“I’m supposed to be diving in Cancun right now. I think I’ll let your
