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visit. He'd gone straight to the shop and was told that his folks had taken the afternoon off to go diving near the old lava flow. Harry decided to surprise them. He took a boat and some dive gear and went to find them.”

    Molly could hardly breathe. “He could have been killed, himself.”

    “Yes. But as it turned out, it was the two armored car robbers who died.”

    “How?”

    Josh raised his eyes to meet hers. “Harry killed them.”

    “What?” Molly was stunned. “Are you certain?”

    “Yes,” Josh said. “I'm certain. The night of the nightmare, he told me that when he found his parents' boat and saw the other boat anchored nearby, he knew something was very wrong. He got into his dive gear, took a spear gun, and went down to find out what was happening. The killers were just exiting the cave. Apparently they hoped the sharks would take care of the evidence. Harry said…”

    “What did he say?” Molly prompted gently.

    Josh frowned, as though groping for words. “He said it seemed as if the whole sea had turned red. He said he felt as though he were swimming through an ocean of blood. He told me that he knew what had happened even before he discovered his parents' bodies.”

    Molly's stomach churned. “I can't even imagine how terrible it must have been.”

    “He ran straight into the killers. But unlike Uncle Sean, he was prepared. He knew something was wrong. There was a fight. But Harry is fast. Very fast.”

    “Harry killed those two men?”

    “Yes. He nearly died, himself, in the process. I gather one of the murderers cut his air hose during the struggle. Harry brought his parents' bodies to the surface before the sharks came, but it was too late. They were both dead.”

    Molly blinked back tears. “Dear heaven.”

    “I don't think Harry has ever forgiven himself,” Josh said. “I think that's why he tends to brood sometimes, you know? Olivia told him that he's got posttraumatic stress disorder or something.”

    “I don't understand. It was a terrible tragedy. But why would Harry blame himself?”

    “I think he blames himself for being too late to save his folks.” Josh swallowed the last of his coffee. “The night that I found him sitting on the edge of his bed, he told me that if he'd been just a few minutes earlier, he could have saved his parents' lives. He kept saying that he had been too late.”

    At five-thirty that morning, Harry opened his eyes to see a doctor standing in the doorway of the hospital waiting room.

    “Wake up.” Harry gently eased Molly's head off his shoulder. “We've got a visitor.” He took one look at the doctor's face and knew at once that Leon was going to live. He was surprised by the force of the wave of relief that went through him. The old bastard was as tough as nails.

    Molly opened her eyes and glanced at the doctor. “Something's happened?”

    The doctor surveyed Harry and Molly and the weary crowd of half-dozing Trevelyans. He smiled. “Good news. I'm happy to tell you that Mr. Trevelyan's condition has been upgraded to satisfactory. He's out of the woods. I think it's safe to say he'll live to pay off that new truck he cracked up last night.”

    A weak but heartfelt cheer went up. Josh looked at Harry and grinned.

    Evangeline heaved a sigh of relief. “I knew Leon wouldn't go out that easily.”

    “He always claimed he had nine lives, like a cat.” Raleigh grinned weakly. “But by my reckoning, he's used up at least eight.”

    “You can say that again,” Raleigh's pregnant wife murmured wearily. “Some day the old coot is going to take one chance too many.”

    “But not today, apparently,” Harry said quietly.

    The doctor looked at him. “He's asking for you.”

    Harry got to his feet and stretched. Molly stood up beside him. She gave him a questioning glance. He shook his head. “It's okay. I'll go see what he wants. Then we can get some breakfast in the cafeteria and head back to Seattle.”

    She nodded. “I'll wait here.”

    Harry went down the hall to Leon's room. Sunlight filtered in through the window. A nurse was just leaving Leon's bedside. She smiled as she went past him.

    Harry waited until she was gone. Then he went to the bed.

    “Congratulations,” he said to Leon. “I had a hunch you'd pull through.”

    Leon turned his head on the pillow and glared at him. “Yeah? Wish I'd been as certain. If I'd been sure I wasn't going to kick the bucket this time, I wouldn't have let you