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CHAPTER 19
The No Problem cut through the water with Josie at the helm
and the absolutely gorgeous boat hand, Danny, kicking back,
waiting for the wheel when she tired of fighting the waves.
Stephen was below nursing an ‘upside down tummy.’ Josie
had suggested that he stay on Maui but he was determined to
be her moral support. He lasted all of ten minutes before the
choppy sea got to him. She would have gone back, but she was
late for her scheduled visit with the social worker and the ferry
wouldn’t get her to Molokai on time. With the sound of the
wind too loud for her to hear Stephen’s moans and laments,
Josie let her thoughts wander to Mr. Robert Cote.
He was not employed by Homeland Security as she
assumed. Rather, he was retired from the Department of
Defense. The phone number had simply been taken over by
Homeland Security as they expanded into the offices of the
DOD. It took twenty minutes of talking and checking for the
woman on the other end to make the connection, but
eventually it was made. Sadly, Josie couldn’t get the woman to
tell her:
Mr. Cote’s Department of Defense designation in 1986.
Where Mr. Cote resided.
Whether Mr. Cotes was alive.
Or, what connection Mr. Cote might have to Ha Kuna
House.
Despite the lack of information, Josie was satisfied. She
found her purpose once more. She put her self-doubt behind
her and Emily’s welfare at the forefront. Archer would start a
background on Mr. Cote, Stephen would talk to the old timers
on Molokai who might have known him, and Josie had already
drafted a petition for Judge Mohr to include Robert Cote’s
employment records from Ha Kuna House, MPS, and the
Department of Defense in his orders. Sadly, it would all take
time and Josie was becoming impatient.