If Chase didn’t know better, she’d think that was a double entendre, but that wasn’t her sister’s way. Although she fully intended to ride the whirlwind with Lily, for however long that might be.

She found Lily where Sarah had said, facing forward at the bow, one hand on the rail, the other holding a drink. She’d freed her blond hair from its usual clasp at the back of her neck, and shimmering strands floated around her neck and shoulders in the spray wafting up from the water below. She’d chosen a sleeveless, pale green top and white shorts with low-heeled sandals for the evening. Simple, elegant, totally Lily. Chase stopped at the small bar tucked under the captain’s observation deck.

“Any chance you’ve got wine?” she asked the middle-aged bartender whose tailored white shirt and rolled-up sleeves showcased his buff build.

“You’re not wearing a red wristband,” he said with a grin, “but you look like you’re over twenty-one.”

Chase laughed. “Definitely in the rearview. How’s it going, Jimmy?”

“Well, I’d rather be fishing, but this is a close second.” He laughed. “How are the trout running up at Colter’s Creek?”

“Plenty of legal size. Not too many out-of-towners that far up the creek either. You headed up that way?”

“I’ll take a week up at the camp middle of July.”

“Good. Let me know if everything looks okay up that way. I’ll swing by when I can.”

“No problem. There you go.” Jimmy handed her a plastic cup with white wine and a couple ice cubes.

The crowd on the top deck had gotten heavier in the short time she’d been waiting for her drink as sightseers migrated up from the lower levels for the air and the view. Chase angled her way through the jostling, boisterous clumps of teens and families until she made it close to Lily’s right shoulder. She rested her fingertips very lightly on the lower curve of Lily’s spine and said, “I told you it was pretty out here.”

Lily slowly turned and looked up. Her eyes widened with welcome, a warm, sensuous gaze that kindled a fire in Chase’s belly. “I don’t know how you managed it, but you continually surprise me. Hello.”

Chase vibrated with the need to kiss her. The entire time she’d been scaling rock piles and muddy escarpments to reach the marooned hikers and later moving a ton of debris off the trail, she’d been ambushed by images of their night together. Images that churned her up and turned her muscles to jelly. She had to satisfy herself with running her fingertip down Lily’s bare arm, out of view. “I told you tonight was special. Did you think I would miss spending it with you?”