Flintkote
Copyright© 2020 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 51
We were demons on the water ... but nothing illegal. Close city but no collisions. We were jockeying at a imaginary starting line between a buoy and a tree onshore with an agreed upon start time when Mr Helicopter pilot himself ... Lieutenant Asshole ... powered the little Guard launch past and started circling. Littles ass ... compared to the 61 the 30 was little ... compared to a Farr 3.7 the 30 was huge and a menace.
The 30 powered up alongside me and the crew grinned. The helmsman ... Mr Shoot ‘em up cowboy himself looked at me.
“What in the Hell do you think you’re doing?” Mr Pilot.
“Having a race,” I said... “and you are in the way.”
“Isn’t she,” he nodded in the direction of Tyche, “kinda young?”
And the alarm went off on my Audemars Piguet Men’s Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon Chronograph rubber wrist banded with the transparent dial ... good to 350 feet and away went Tyche ... the brat.
What? Daddy’s pocket watch? Look at the time in the rain and it rusts. Sure ... it’s solid gold ... the case is ... the works ... not gold ... and NOT rust proof.
So ... the Royal Oak has a timer set and it beeped.
Tyche has a watch too ... it’s not quite the watch mine is but it IS a New Zealand birthday present ... for a nine year old it was a decent timepiece. A Rolex Submariner ... for a four year old it’s pretentious as all get out. And we had synchronized the time.
The brat took off and left me still in the clutches of Mr Lieutenant Asshole.
I could hear her cackling as she sped away.
“This doesn’t count!” I hollered.
“Does. He’s a course obstruction!”
He didn’t turn me loose until she’d won.
No ... wasn’t deliberate ... his chin was on the deck and there were flies laying eggs in his mouth.
The kid can sail ... she learned in the roughest school in the world. New Zealand. Five years in the company of World and Olympic champions ... tough competition. Tyche is cute and has winning ways. Those aggressive sailors taught her every trick they knew.
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