Sixty-Five
Sunday, May 29
Offshore from Moloka‘i
Taffy felt it before she heard the low rumbling in the water. The current had shifted; the water was leaving the bay. She’d experienced something like this before, back in the canal full of brackish water that joined the ocean here to her home sea.
Taffy knew that she had to get her family to safety. She popped her head out of the water. Eva had been sitting in the sand for most of the night, but now she was gone.
Finn, Cleo, and Chico were all awake now too. Chico was trying to nurse—for comfort, Taffy thought—but Taffy shrugged him off. There was no time. She had to get them all to somewhere safe.
Then she heard Axel calling her from the boat. Calling for her and the other dolphins. Jose joined in, calling for Chico. And then they sp
