Billowing black smoke curled into the sky as the 60-foot vessel
burned. Flames licked up the sides of the ship, growing taller and darker as
more fuel fed the blaze. The explosion had rocked the pier, sending Alexa
careening backwards and landing hard on the wooden dock. Gavin was nowhere in
sight.
“GAVIN!” Alexa yelled, pulling herself from the ground as
she frantically looked around the water and shore for him. “GAVIN!”
“No!” she heard Joan gasp behind her as she and her husband
rushed toward the end of the pier. “Gavin? Gavin!” The sounds of sirens could
be heard in the distance as the panicked family continued searching the
wreckage for their missing loved one.
