Unknown - Surfer Girl

"How's your luck?" said Biff.

"Neither here nor there," he answered. "I'm making ends meet like always."

"Still have the schooner?" asked Janet.

He laughed. "You mean the bank, don't you?" he said. "Yup, still in San Diego harbor. Understand there was a couple of buyers out there not long ago. Friends on a boat told me that." He waved a fly away from his face.

"Wrong," interrupted Biff. "She has been bought!"

"What!"

Then Janet got to smile. She had waited a long time for this moment. "We bought her. The Wandering Mistress."

Derk was astounded.

"Plenty of fire insurance," said Biff. "It covered the loan and we still got plenty to spare for a voyage."

"Providing you and your wife show us how to sail," Janet said.

Derk sat still for a minute, then let out a whoop. "Where to?" he asked, hugging his wife. His eyes were on Janet, however.

"To Tahiti," Janet answered. "Back to that magic island."

"Oh, that's a long trip," said Derk. "You don't know what you're getting into."

Janet licked her lips and smiled. "I think I can handle whatever comes up."

She was looking straight at Derk. He saw her eyes and knew that she was right.

Janet could handle any emergency.