NOTE: This is the sequel to: So Others May Live. Please read it before you read this!!
FULL SUMMARY:
Andria Hansen has just married Northwestern captain Sig Hansen. She must now adjust to not only being a newlywed, but also to being a crabber out on the Bering Sea. Meanwhile, a new rescue swimmer has been hired to replace Andria. Julia Garner is the Coast Guard's most successful rescue swimmer. She is re-stationed in Dutch Harbor, Alaska after Andria quit to work with her new husband. Julia soon meets a certain captain with serious health and person issues and begins to have an impact on his life. Little does she know how deep of an impact she will truly have…
Chapter 1: Prologue
"Sig stop it!"
Edgar and Norman rolled their eyes while they watched their older brother flirt with is wife. Just three days ago the two had been married and now they were about to leave for the Opilio crab season.
"Get a room," muttered Norman as he shook his head.
Andria just laughed and laid her head on Sig's chest. Sig smiled broadly as he glanced at his two brothers sitting at the table in the galley.
"You guys are just jealous that you're women can't come," he said with a laugh.
Edgar rolled his eyes at that and grimaced as Sig tickled Andria again, causing her to laugh loudly.
"What's all the screaming about?" asked Matt as he walked out of his room, eyes still heavy with sleep, "You'd think that something bad was…oh."
Matt paused when he saw Sig and Andria. He sneered as he poured himself some coffee.
"So when are we leaving?" he asked.
Sig wrapped his arms around Andria and looked over at Matt.
"How's five minutes sit with you?"
Matt shrugged, "Yeah, sure."
Sig murmured something into Andria's ear before he left to head up to the wheelhouse.
"Well at least we know you two like each other," said Edgar as he sipped on some coffee.
Andria smirked as she began to put on one of her sweatshirts overtop of her other shirt.
"Where you goin'?" asked Jake as he walked into the room.
"Outside…I want to stand on the bow while we head out of the harbor."
Jake shook his head, "Suit yourself! I'll stay nice and dry while I can!"
Andria walked out of the galley and stepped outside. The blast of cold air that hit her nearly took her breath
away. The mountains surrounding the harbor were covered in white snow. It was absolutely beautiful.
Just as the boat began to pull away from the docks, Andria climbed across the side of the boat and onto the bow. She leaned over the railing and sighed. The beauty of the harbor, the feeling of the air rushing past her face, the sight of the water as they glided over it, and knowing that the man behind the wheel was her husband made her feel so alive! She thought that nothing could be better than this moment…nothing in the world could top this feeling…
Julia Garner walked into her new office at the Coast Guard station in Dutch Harbor. She had recently been stationed here after the other rescue swimmer quit.
She sighed as she glanced around her. The station was not nearly as nice as her base in Kodiak. This place was small and was built out of an old abandoned warehouse. The town itself was in the middle of nowhere.
She tossed her stuff down onto the small wooden desk and walked back outside. She decided to see if the town had any life in it and began to drive down the road…
"Jake I swear if you even think about doing this again I will have your head mounted on my wall!" screamed a very irate Phil Harris.
Jake stood near the captain's chair, taking yet another lecture from his father. This time, instead of helping the crew store the bait, he decided to go into town to flirt with the local women and his father was not so happy about his latest escapade.
"You want full-share? Then start acting like it! Now get the hell out of my wheelhouse!"
Jake rolled his eyes as he turned to head back out onto the deck.
Phil shook his head and took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. They were leaving in less than a day and already his son was causing problems.
"Hey Murray?" he called out over the loud hailer, "I'm going to the Elbow Room for awhile. I need a break, so you're in charge alright?"
Murray gave his friend a thumbs up and nodded in understanding. He and Phil had been good friends for years and Murray knew him better than anyone else in the world.
Phil sighed as he stood up and left the wheelhouse. All he could think about was how nice it would be to sit at the bar in the Elbow Room, talk to Danni, and have a good long drink…
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