The next morning, Tyler was still sound asleep cuddled up next to Pa. Pa had woken and nudged the tug awake.

"C'mon, let's get up to bring in that ship." He led the yawning tug from the shed.

Tyler felt so much better that morning. The whole situation of Josh was still on his mind, and he was still upset at how Josh acted, but he pushed the thought aside to focus on his job.

"Mornin', Ty!" Kenneth waved from the dock. "I was wonderin' where you went when I woke this morning."

"Mornin', Ken! I'll explain it all later." Tyler called back and followed Pa to the entrance of the fjord. Kenneth was definitely pleased to see the tug smiling again and was intrigued as to what he had to explain.

"Apparently Pa used to be a firefighter! I saw it all in his pictures. He also showed me pictures of Ma too!" Tyler had finished with the shipment and let Pa finish off with the ship at the docks. He came to explain everything to Kenneth. The excitement was too much for him to contain it all.

"Are you serious?" Kenneth asked. "A firefighter? Your Ma? Oh, you gotta tell me everythin'!"

"Yeah, apparently he quit cause of what happened to Ma. She had a leak and sunk out in the ocean, and Pa couldn't save her. That's why he doesn't want me out on the ocean when I'm this young."

"Okay, that makes sense. I thought he was just worried about us getting far too lost. I'm sorry 'bout your Ma though."

"It's okay, she looked just like me in the pictures." Tyler said. "She looked like she was really kind."

"Oh, hey, I gotta surprise for ya." Kenneth grinned.

"Really? What is it?"

"It may or may not be, a brand new radio!" He turned around and returned, holding up a brand new, shiny, black radio box.

"Awesome! Wait, what's wrong with my old one?"

"Well, I did some talkin' with Dolly 'fore I came to you with your fuel. She said the signal gets spotty sometimes over by her, so she gifted this to me to give to you. It's a stronger unit so you can talk easily! Hopefully this'll help you not feel so lonely whenever you do. She said she's up to chat with you whenever you need it."

"Awesome!" Tyler did a small bounce in the water. "Can you install it right away?"

"Of course. I ain't gonna make you wait for it." Kenneth chuckled and Tyler hurried under his canopy so Kenneth could climb aboard. He detached the connectors for the old box and set it aside to attach and twist the connectors for the new one onto the old wires.

"Alright, bud, test it out!" Kenneth finished heating up the wire coating and took the old box out of his cabin to use for parts or a back up.

"Okay." Tyler smiled and tuned into Dolly's channel that Ken had given him. "Hey, Dolly, it's Tyler. Do you read?" He spoke.

"Tyler, hey! I read ya loud and clear. I'm guessin' Kenneth got te radio workin'?"

Tyler's valves could have blown in excitement at that moment. "Yeah, he did! How are ya?"

"I'm doin' good. I'm glad we're able to talk better now! I heard from Ken about your radio model and knew it wouldn't work, so I suggested tat one! I knew the other wouldn't have worked well. I'm so glad it works!"

"I am too!" Tyler grinned and saw Pa cruising across the water towards them. Tyler pulled out from the canopy with Kenneth still onboard to tell him the news.

"Pa! Guess what?" Tyler grinned and stopped the red tug. "Dolly gave Kenneth a brand new radio so we could talk better at a distance!"

"That's great, Ty." Pa smiled. "She doin' good?"

"Yeah! I feel like I'm not alone anymore." Those words struck Tyler and he felt another pang of sadness run through him. The fact he still only had one good friend being Kenneth hit him like a cargo ship. Pa seemed to notice his short hesitation.

"Tell Dolly I said hi, will ya?" He smiled which got Tyler back to focus. "I was kinda silent when we were over there, I never did get to talk to her."

"You can tell me yourself, darlin'."

Tyler paused. He heard that both in his radio and in real life, like it rang out from his radio and behind him at the same time, creating a weird effect that seemed to bounce around. He looked up to see Pa's expression had changed, and he was staring behind Tyler, seemingly in a daze. Tyler turned around and he was face to face with Dolly.

"Hey, Ty." She grinned.