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as fast as I could. Didn’t eels bite? I wished I would have read
the pamphlet that came with our snorkeling gear. Gasping for breath, I stood
and pulled off my mask.
    Leroy Wahine stood on the reef grinning. “Aloha.”
    “I was attacked by
an eel.”
    His smile never
faded. “Are you enjoying the fish? This small reef circle is a nursery. You can
see the same species much larger by the resort. Molokini is where you want to worry about getting bit.”
    A
baby eel? My face heated,
and it wasn’t from the sun. “It’s fantastic.” Lifting my feet as high as
possible so I didn’t stir up the ocean floor, I plopped my way to shore.
    Good grief! Susan
Wood lay on her stomach, bathing suit top untied, and talked to David Hatcher.
I immediately scoped the area for Ethan, relieved to see him still snorkeling.
    I tossed my gear to
the sand and plopped on my beach towel. Might as well try to
get some sun on my mayonnaise-white legs. Maybe I would overhear some
tidbit of titillating conversation between Susan and David. I put on my
mirrored sunglasses and floppy hat and did my best to be inconspicuous.
    “I met with him last
night, and he didn’t say a thing about anyone being a suspect.” Susan twirled a
paper umbrella in a mango-colored drink.
    “Obviously,” David
dug his toes into the sand. “He doesn’t tell you everything.”
    “He should, if he
knows what’s good for him.” Susan cut me a sideways glance. “But
enough of that with Nosey Nellie sitting here. How are you, Summer ?”
    “Wonderful.” I kept
my gaze trained on Ethan, who laughed at something Leroy said. Dripping water,
hair slicked back, and blue swim trunks that matched the ocean, I don’t think I
had ever seen anything that looked better. Including the
scenery.
    “Heard
someone threw a stick at you.” Susan giggled along with David’s chuckle.
    This time I did look
at her. “What is your problem? You’ve been on my case since yesterday. Unless
I’m mistaken, we’ve never met. If I have managed to wrong you somehow, please
accept my apology.” I stood, shook off my towel, deriving a small bit of
pleasure at the sand that rained over her shiny, oiled skin, and marched a few
yards down the beach. So much for garnering valuable
information. Some things were not worth the trouble.
    Of course, I would
like to know who she had been talking to David about.

 

 
    Chapter
Four

 
    I smoothed the skirt of the white sundress I wore to show off my
glowing sunburn, and sat in the chair Ethan pulled out for me. The menu said we
were being served pineapple ham. Although jet lag had caught up with me, I
didn’t want to pass up what the Wahine’s claimed was
a traditional Hawaiian meal. Nor did I want to miss another chance to possibly
glean clues from the other guests.
    The Aldrichs were across from us, the Franklins at the opposite
end of the table. Susan, David, Officer Manano , and a
couple of other faces I didn’t recognize filled the other seats. Several small
tables dotted the outskirts of the room if someone desired a more intimate
dining experience.
    I met Manano’s unsmiling gaze with a grin, then turned to Ethan
who sat on my right. The one long table didn’t provide much opportunity for
conversation except for those sitting close. The delectable aromas coming from
the kitchen made my mouth water. I decided the food would be worth the lack of
information gathering.
    I must have had my
gumshoeing look on my face, because Ethan squeezed my hand, and whispered for
me to be more subtle. I couldn’t believe that I was married to the world’s most
handsome man and that he had agreed to help me solve a mystery. God couldn’t
have given me a better honeymoon. Romance and a mystery to
solve. I was one blessed gal.
    “The thrown spear
must have been so frightening.” Sharon Aldrich stabbed a chunk of pineapple
with her fork. “I heard, just a couple of inches to the left, and you would
have sported an extra hole in your