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Ninety Fathoms to Anywhere
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The sea rose in the night and never stopped. By morning the mountains were islands. Our city was gone. Then Sefu texted about Dad's will. We hadn't talked in three years, but the boathouse was still there. So we both showed up at dawn.
I walked to the dock. The water was still rising. People in boats. People swimming. People gone. Sefu came up behind me. Sefu: 'We have to decide. Go down there, or help the people out there.' Me: 'He wouldn't have left the will unless—'
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Me: 'If he built something down there, we have to know what.' Sefu: 'Yeah.' We walked to the basement door. I was terrified. Sefu took my hand. He hadn't done that since we were kids. Sefu: 'Let's do this together.'
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