Surprise Melody Flintkote. Part Two
Copyright© 2019 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 64
Ludington has a ‘channel’ with piers but it also has a rather robust ‘breakwater.’ And straight lines work better against winter storms than curves. The real lighthouse is on the north breakwater and the south breakwater light is a joke. But there are two.
We sailed between the lighthouses and motored into Pere Marquette Lake and reported o the Guard station. The helicopter hovered outside the entrance until we were ‘secured’ ... tied up to the Guard seawall. Then the ‘chopper landed.
“Why did you wait?” I asked.
“Didn’t want you running off,” The pilot said. The pilot was a spiffy Lieutenant with wings on his uniform.
“What?”
“If you’d run off I’d get some target practice ... and as much as I like the practice ... that’s a pretty boat”
There was a look in his eye that said, I’m not kidding.
“Okay ... time to get nasty. Let’s go find what’s what and where the cow ate the cabbage.” Then the rat SALUTED the FLAG and said, “Permission to come aboard?”
And I said, “No.”
“So ... you want me to confiscate the boat? If I do ... you won’t get her back.” Then he said, “You could call this an official inspection.”
And Junior rolled her eyes and said, “Mom’s Law.” And quoted paragraph and article.
The Lieutenant looked at Junior.
“I’m not just another pretty face, ya know. I do study.”
“Come aboard.” I sighed, “Heads up below, get dressed, incoming.”
The seven teenagers trooped into the salon. They looked like the bunch that spent weeks in Perth ... same suits.
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