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Broken Voyagers
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They both twisted their face in disgust mouthing together the same name.
“Harry?”
They chuckled at what they imagined Kelly’s beefy goon was up to.
“Come on,” Bette whispered before pecking at Tina’s lips, “Let’s take this to the shower. Maybe the walls won’t be so thin in there!”
*****
It wasn’t hard for Bette to imagine, once she got her mask in the water, how luxurious the ‘Stella’ had once been.
Tina had already immersed herself in the cool waters and was progressing quite naturally downwards ahead of her. Bette was grateful she had decided on a wetsuit rather than attempting the dive in skins. The water of the Gulf of Mexico was a lot colder than she had anticipated.
They had puttered off Barataria Bay a short while ago and it had taken no time to locate the diving site. There was no shortage of little boats for hire and they had found all necessary diving equipment without any bother. She finned off and followed Tina into the shallow waters. It was only 50 feet deep and she caught up with Tina and reached the wreck quickly.
The yacht had sunk only 80 odd years ago during one of the famous storms which often battered this area. When Bette had checked the registration, she had found out it had been specially designed for a film star and had been presented to her as a birthday present. The planking was costly teak and all the personalised details so far shouted extravagance and indulgence, in one word, ‘Hollywood’.
The wreck was in surprising good condition considering how shallow the surrounding water was. Usually souvenir hunters, sport divers took bits off wrecks like this, but the ‘Stella’ still had most of her fittings in place.
Signalling to Tina, who was busy cataloguing the amazing number of fish which swam near and through the wreck, Bette swam towards the sail she had easily spotted on her way down.
She searched what was left of the white canvas and rummaged in the tangle of pulleys that once held it up but found nothing. Her quest for the compass was equally fruitless as it had already been pilfered by treasure hunters.
She swam on, scouring further afield but quickly turning back and opting to follow once more alongside the deck which lay upright as the yacht had settled on its side. She reached the wheel and took a moment to look at it. It was beautifully decorated, and Bette wondered why it had not already been taken together with the compass. Maybe trying to lift it off would have damaged it. It was an impressive piece of craftsmanship, bespoke no doubt, made of precious wood, with elegantly turned spokes, intricate marquetry designs along its inside edge and its centre held a striking cloisonné enamel depicting several constellations together with their Latin names. The sun featured there too, and it artfully cradled the moon inside its bright yellow sphere. She waved Tina over, urging the blonde to take a picture of the piece. She knew the marine biologist would enjoy sketching it later.
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Hi! You one of my favourite writers and i very glad and happy that you returned and finished this amazing story! Thank you very much!
After i reading i leave another comment which will be more about story plot.
Wow Kins this takes care of my weekend reading!
Will comment again when I’ve read it.
Thanks in advance for posting.
SG
So glad you finished this story! Thank you for sticking it out and giving us this story. Loved it
Hi Kins,
So glad to see this story! It will take some time to read it and i will leave a comment after i finish.
Hi, welcom back, Kins!
Thank you for finished this story! Ok, now i’m going to read it.
Hi, Kins
Oh my God, Kins, welcome back, after almost 2 years, it’s been a long time, but reading the whole story now I feel, the wait was worth.
You have given us a quite wonderful and interesting story full of adventures and riddles and full of love of my favorite couple Bette and Tina.
You ended the story in a very good way, but I feel as if I want to know more about them, if Bette gets the funding for her project in Mexico, the wedding, their partnership, what Tina does for a job… and many more things.
I hope we could read more new beautiful stories from you; I like very much your style.
Thank you very much and please, post other TIBETTE stories
P
Ok, i read again this story, this time the whole and i’m ready to leave another comment.
First – thank you again for finish the story.
Second – happy to see happy final -treasure was found, bitch Kelly got lost. And i must say i like how you got rid from her – like in life we can say with 100% probability what happened – or she sank or she was killed by shark.
Third – i like how you described Bette and Tina and love between them. I like it in all your stories (maybe with one exception – in Frozen beginnings i don’t like your Bette during the story, but in final she corrected :) )
So, welcome back and maybe in the future we can see another great story from you? I really hope so.
Hi Kins,
Really enjoyed the read, thank you so much.
A great Story and I loved reading it in one post. As an English Lady I really enjoyed your explanation of Cricket!
I would love it if you would now consider a Sequel with these two characters.
Thanks again for posting.
SG
Welcom back, Kins!
I was a silent reader a long time, but after you finished this story i must register to say – “Thank you for fantastic story! And i hope this story won’t be your last on this site!”
Totaly agree with MissOne – i hope this story won’t be the last from you too!
Hi Kins,
You took us trough a incredible journey! Full of adventures, little clues i tried to catch to find the treasure, the background on the history of those ships and of course the love between Bette & Tina.
I really hope you will continu with a sequel or a new story.
Thank you so much for posting the whole story after two long years!
In-cre-di-ble! Kins, thank you so much for returning to this story and for giving us such a glorious and sweet ending. You’re such a talented writer. What a wonderful plot with astonishing details to the treasure hunt.
I second the previous comments and hope you’ll find the inspiration (and time) to work on a sequel. Maybe Bette’s project in Mexico with a twist with some unexpected traces of a legendary Aztec treasure ;)
Well ive read it at last.So pleased you managed to finish this story.I know how long it was in conception and all the research you did for its authenticity.
A great read.Loved the shark sequence.Found it quite thrilling.
Not as thrilling as the love scenes that you tell so well between Bette and Tina tho ????
Look forward to the next story that you will write for us.
Don’t make it too long a wait tho
C.x
Kins…!!! Yay! It’s really you!!
^_^
First, am so happy to see your name appear again! :) been so long!! So Glad to hear from you! hope all are fine for you and your love one!
Second, OMG…! The Long story at once!! Woohooo… such a great treat! THANKS!!
And third…. LOVE your story! This is so worthy! Appreciate your hard work in researching, plotting, writing and sharing this wonderful story! Your writing style is getting more interesting and fantastic! It’s Long pages but I just can’t stop reading it – well there’s a moment where I wanted to stop reading when that low creature kidnap her (ugh.. I don’t want to spoil the story).. it’s too much for me.. >.<
Again… thanks for sharing your talent here! :) if you ever consider to publish this, do update us here! ;-)
Take care always Kins! ^.^
Just finished reading. It was a fun read. Thanks for the adventure.
Wow!!!! Such rich detail that it feels so true ,.. as if you have near lived these experiences ur self. And along w the romance of it, I learned so much about ship wrecks and diving. Do post it on AO3 as well to get a broader audience… it belongs to stories worth sharing :)