The only time the harbor flushed was during a storm and the weather had been decentNeither one of them smelled good after the plunge.In the future, th... near future, islanders were going to die because of the water.She had no intention, the thought of helping him out of the water never crossed her mind. The wharf had steps cut in every so often, he made his way to a set and slopped up the steps. He untied the boat, fired up the diesel and putted out of the harbor and up the coast.Finding clean. He called me by 5 pm saying he has left to be on time. I too left home and reached CCD as it is about 3 km’s from my place so I reached early and started waiting for him also ordered my coffee and started sipping.He came but late (He never comes on time and I am used to this habit of him. I didn’t say anything about late coming as there have been many fights between us because of late coming)His coffee also came we lit our cigarettes and started talking stuff and planning for where to go for. ”It didn’t fool him at all. A look of absolute horror crossed his face.“Jesus.” It was a prayer, rather than a blasphemy.I didn’t say anything; just struggled not to fall apart under the pain and the meds. At least that’s what I was blaming.He leaned forward, gripping the chair arms. “Why?”I shook my head and looked away. I didn’t dare answer that. Damn painkillers had me too off balance.“But you’d still kill me if I took a drink.”“In a fucking heartbeat.” Anger gave me strength to. We cracked the cans and off we went chugging an ice-cold beer down our throats and to be honest I think a lot of the beer ended up down our chests dripping down to our underwear.My experience told in the end and I won this round by a good 2 seconds and watched Sam take second place, a few seconds later a gallant Timmy finished his can feeling a sense of achievement for just finishing it, I don’t think the beer and smoke was a good mix and he was just about to lose his underpants too.“Oooh sir,.