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Chapter 11

“My friend Raven will rescue your board. I think that’s your mom on the beach. Let’s paddle to her, okay?”

By the time the lifeguard jeep roared up, Hunter had returned a smiling Jennifer to her mother. Once wrapped in her mother’s arms, she burst into tears again.

Raven appeared behind Hunter and handed off her board. “You’re the big, strong hero,” he said with a grin. “I’ll let you return it.”

A shocked Hunter refused the twenty dollar bill the mother handed to her daughter to give him

“Please take it. I wish it was more. It’s such a small thing for saving Jennifer’s life.” She looked at Raven. “And for rescuing her board. It was a birthday gift from her father, and we’re divorced.”

From behind him, Raven whispered, “Take it. She needs you to accept her thanks.”

And you need the money.

Hunter accepted it. 7