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The Oregon’s spacious board roo and Eric Stone plenty of rooiant screen on the wall showed a view of the sunset so crisp that it looked like a pictureThisof the Marsh Flyer Now she and Eric orking together to decipher the co

“I’lad to know everybody is now sure that I’m not crazy,” she said

“Why would anyone think you were crazy?” said Eric, as sitting next to her

“I had no proof of what happened until Bob Parsonsto wonder myself if I had hallucinated the whole trimaran attack”

“I never doubted you You’re too s like that I’ of your ship That was a long swi care of everyone else on the E”

Sylvia put her hand on Eric’s “That’s sweet of you I’otten to know you over the last few days This has been hard on Mark, but it’s co to know he has you as a friend here on the ship”

Eric looked down and turned red, but he didn’t take his hand away “And I’m happy you’re here for him Besides, without you I wouldn’t have decrypted nearly as many files as we already have”

“At least weto help him”

“I know he hates being locked to that chair I’ve already promised to help him set up his skate park on deck when he’s recovered”

“He skateboards here?”

Eric nodded “I even got hiive it to him now”

Sylvia squeezed his hand “I bet he’ll love it It’ll give him some hope”

The door to the boardroom opened, and Julia walked in followed by Murph in his wheelchair Eric snatched his hand out from under Sylvia’s

“How did the checkup go?” she asked