Just then, we rounded a bend and I saw my friends in their little fishing boat.
I waved as they looked at us and called out to me.
Roqe swam just a bit faster and had me right beside them in just a few seconds.
“Thank you so much,” I said to him as I waved back to Silwan. “I will see you here tomorrow just before the sun is directly overhead.
“I will be right here,” he said.
“As will I,” said Silwan. “It has been an honor to meet The Jone.”
“And I am honored to meet you.” I slid down into the water, gave their broad shoulders a hug, and swam over to the skiff.
“Where did you go?” Darlene asked.
“What happened?” Sandy asked.
“How did you get to ride that giant?” was Darlene’s next question.
“What did you do?”
They both had question after question.
“Damn, Joan, I’ve seen you do a
