"How nice for you," the marina guy said, clearly not at all interested. "He usually takes out that one over there. Check out the history on the chart plotter. You'll be set."

"Thanks," Duke's grin widened, but remained mostly empty as he pulled a bill from his pocket. "Hey, uh, you think we could keep this off the books?"

The guy brightened a little as he accepted the bribe. "No problem."

"Thanks."