C38 Chapter Thirty Eight

Heart's Truth

THE NIGHT OF THE CRUISE

I SAT STUNNED as I watched Maxwell's body float by, his skin already discolored from the water and death, or maybe it was just the moonlight playing tricks on my mind. He was face-down, which was a small blessing, but I could imagine his face. Would it be scared? Confused? At peace? Some macabre part of me wanted to turn him over to see