Near Pelican Reach. Chapter 24.

Harley steals $10 from Beryl and gets kicked out. Joy takes him in for a week and then he returns to Beryl’s. There is a boating accident some of the boys are out on the bay in a small boat.

The boat overturns. Harley drifts away in the current and is missing for 3 hours. Carl begs Skip to help in the search. He says he can’t and the barge moves off.

Turn of the Tide. Chapter 25.

Carl runs and jumps on the barge, he again begs for Skips help and tells him to forget about the past and his leg and help. Skip finally says he will as he curses the name “Matt”. They get his dingy and heads off with Carl.

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Everyone else is searching for a dead body but Skip knows the tides and they find Harley on a sandbank alive. Skip gives him his shirt… it looks like the past is now behind him as he heads back to shore with the boys.

Harley Redeemed. Chapter 26.

Harley recovers and stays with the Duncan’s. Maddie returns but snubs Carl. Skip and Joy want to take Harley in to live with them. He will be so much better off away from Beryl.

Win Win. Chapter 27.

Carl tells Beryl that the Duncan’s want Harley to live with them. Beryl is drunk and Bruce has just dumped her. She says no. Carl tells her she can still keep the social security money and that no one would ever know. He also gives her the money he has earned. She relents and there is no pretense at all now. All she ever wanted was the money.