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“Who, Mac?”

I nod.

She shrugs. “I don’t know. He keeps to himself, but when he first arrived—”

“When was that?” I interrupt.

She narrows her eyes as she thinks. “I don’t know. Maybe eight months ago.” She pauses as if contemplating telling me the next piece of info. “There was talk that he was an AWOL marine.”

My eyes widen.

“But I don’t know if that’s true because it came from Chelsea.” She leans in to whisper so nobody hears.

I smirk. I like that she doesn’t trust Chelsea, either. “Go on,” I whisper.

“Apparently one of the men told her he knows too much to have had the job he claimed to have had before he was here. Something doesn’t add up.”

My eyes flicker to Chelsea as she walks up in front. “Does she…?” I don’t want to ask how often she sleeps with him, but she seems to understand what I am thinking anyway.

“Not often,” she replies as she sits at the table. “Only very rarely and when we have been out at sea a long time.”

I stand, unable to sit down. “Have you…?” I ask as my eyes
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