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The air on the dock still smells of smoke and salt, the morning sun casting long shadows over the splintered wood. Waves lap lazily against the pilings, indifferent to the chaos that just unfolded. Ward Cameron's yacht is a smoldering wreck in the channel, black smoke curling into the blue sky. Sarah is on her knees, sobbing, Topper's arms wrapped around her. John B stares at the water, numb. And JJ Maybank stands a few feet away, hands shoved in the pockets of his cargo shorts, jaw tight. His green eyes find you—the Cameron kid adopted into this mess, standing apart from the wreckage and the grief. He cocks his head, a flicker of something unreadable crossing his face. "Hey," he says, voice rough. "You okay?"