Page 24 of The Sunken Truth
“You dropped something,” she said to Kurt, the statement redundant since the panic in his eyes made it clear he knew he’d dropped something.
Having wondered if it was something from the shipwreck, the USB stick in her hand was a colossal disappointment. There was no way it was a relic from over a hundred years ago.
She’d just handed it back when Benji appeared at Kurt’s side.
“That’s mine, isn’t it?” he asked Kurt, an undercurrent of tension in his tone.
“Oh.” Kurt stared at it for a moment before handing it over. “Yeah.”
“What is it?” Lily asked, intrigued by the exchange.
Benji pressed his lips together. “Just some photos of the wreck from yesterday.”
“They didn’t come out well,” Kurt said. “But Benjireckons he might be able to polish them up. Hopefully the ones we took today will come out better.”
“If you have any good ones, I’d love to see them,” Lily said.
“Sure,” Benji said. “If there’s anything, I’ll pay you a visit at your shop. Any excuse for some of your ice cream.”
“Lily!” Kit called. “Let’s get going. I have a train trip in an hour.”
“I’m coming,” she said gathering up her stuff and joining them in the small boat to take a seat beside Flynn.
They waved at Ryan, who was gearing up to leave, too.
“That was eventful,” Lily remarked as the little boat bumped over the waves.
“Very dodgy,” Flynn said. “None of you saw anything?”
Lily looked to Seren and Kit.
“One minute everything was clear and the next I could hardly see anything,” Seren said.
Flynn frowned. “Did you see who was closest to Ryan before things got murky?”
“I think Harry and Nat weren’t too far from us,” Kit said. “I’m not sure about Benji and Kurt. I really couldn’t say for sure.” He cast a questioning look at Seren.
“I’m not sure,” she said apologetically.
“I need to talk to the sergeant about it,” Flynn said. “See if I should investigate further.”
“Anyone thinking what I’m thinking?” Seren asked, her eyes widening dramatically. “Maybe it was the spirit of the ship. It doesn’t want anyone taking its stuff.”
While Lily couldn’t help but giggle, Kit rolled his eyes and exchanged an exasperated look with Flynn.
Chapter Twelve
Outside the sergeant’s office,Flynn reminded himself that the superintendent was likely to be around. Which meant he knocked and waited, rather than walking straight in.
At the sound of the sergeant’s voice, he pushed the handle and slowly opened the door.
“Hi,” he said, smiling at the sergeant and acknowledging Superintendent Brand with a flick of his chin.
“You were up and about early this morning,” Sergeant Proctor remarked. “I was surprised to get your message first thing.”
“Kit and Seren were heading out to the dive site at sunrise, so I thought I’d get a ride out with them.”
“How are things out there?” the sergeant asked.
