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She stopped walking, and smiled

Jay lowered the camera and looked into her eyes The reflector shields fell, and Sean carin deep, his eyes adasped "That’s brilliant, Vanessa, and you probably got it all right after all these years of us believing that Kitty Cutlass was a reed

"But wait--I’m confused," Zoe said "You found Dona Isabella’s pendant That was the first find that you made"

"Yes--I’m sure she purposely lost that pendant, and someone was supposed to have found it years and years before I did When salvage divers came out to the wreck, they would believe that the pendant renched frole Maybe they wouldn’t find it, but the seeds were planted for her story--the story she wanted people to believe--to coht Of course, this is my theory I’one now, but from what Dr Aislinn said e did have the body, it seems likely that it was Kitty Cutlass," Vanessa said

"Oh, Lord, and what a cool bit!" Barry said to her, grinning "Dona Isabella can be seen as the evil that lurks in the Berle I love it!"

"After all these years ofy went down in the ocean," Sean said dryly

"Evil is in the ht?" Zoe asked, gri

"Well, in the uess," Barry noted, grinning He frowned and stared at Vanessa "You’re not suggesting that the evil spirit of Dona Isabella caia and Travis"

Vanessa shook her head "Hey--I just put forth a new theory, that’s all A theory We’ve alorked on theories and suppositions"

"Fascinating," Bill Hinton said, nodding in thought

"Creepy," Barry said

"Ah, but it’s all in the mind, really, isn’t it?" Jay asked He looked at Vanessa, frowning "In an odd way, e You wrote our script, relying on supposed history and legend Maybe Dona Isabella wanted it all rehosts of the past had anything to do with it?" Vanessa asked

"Hey, I don’t know," Jay said, shrugging He rolled his eyes "Maybe evil spirits demand sacrifices!"

"Huet back to working on e’ve begun to find Light lunch again, and an afternoon dive That was great footage, Vanessa, great I loved it Let’s see what else we can find"

While lunch was being prepared, Sean went aboard the Conch Fritter, where Lia his various contacts to try to track the inal film crew in more detail over the last two years when the other two boats disappeared

"So commercial shoots Three of the others, Barry Melkie, Bill Hinton and Zoe Cally, were part of a crew that filmed in the Bahamas Jay hasn’t done as well as the others He’s had a few dry spells in there So really, anyone could have easily been around when the other disappearances occurred"

"Good to know I guess it’s still not proof of anything And I’ure out why Vanessa’s theory on Dona Isabella being in collusion with Mad Miller was fascinating, and rings true, and it had all kinds of motive--for Dona Isabella I don’t see the s now--if, indeed, some of these disappearances were caused by the saia and Travis," Sean said, perplexed "There was no financial gain, not that I can see The deaths of Georgia and Travis put Jay into financial difficulty It’s true that the water can be rough around here and that ships have disappeared in the area forever, but other disappearances now ht be related David and I read about the Delphi It seemed it disappeared into thin air, and the boat was captained by an experienced "

"You can’t make a distress call if you’re taken by surprise," Liam pointed out

"We could still be way off course," Sean said "But you’re right And Carlos thought someone was aboard the boat because he was knocked out--taken by surprise"

"If we’re not being taken in by Carlos," Liam said

"I don’t think we are" He hesitated "I think that the uilty Carlos Roca is convinced someone on the island at the ti a leap of faith to believe in Carlos Roca," Liam noted

Sean nodded "Yes and no," he said softly "Vanessa has…so I alanted to deny Until Bartholos do exist that we can’t see She has instincts and…soht," Liam said

Everyone wanted to dive that day Sean, however, didn’t want to leave the encampment alone, nor did he want to leave Ted and Jaden alone to keep guard In the end, it was agreed both boats would go out that day with Jah and David and Katie re topside on the Conch Fritter