When storm season leaves Bellweather Cove's south jetty beacon dark and half-broken, Elliot is tasked with accounting for the harbor's damage while Orin arrives with the reopening paperwork and a hard June 1 freight deadline. Assigned to the same repair effort from opposite sides of the problem, they must balance inspections, salvage, and the port authority's requirements while deciding what can be saved and what must be documented as lost. As the work becomes more difficult, Elliot's need for exactness clashes with Orin's drive to keep things moving, and both are forced to confront the habits that have kept them guarded for too long. With the beacon still at risk, they build a plan on honesty instead of appearances and discover that repairing the harbor may also mean learning how to trust each other before the next season begins.
When storm season leaves Bellweather Cove's south jetty beacon dark and half-broken, Elliot is tasked with accounting for the harbor's damage while Orin arrives with the reopening paperwork and a hard June 1 freight deadline. Assigned to the same repair effort from opposite sides of the problem, ...