Sue Cockcroft

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“Waiting for Larry” by Sue Cockcroft

Submitted to Contest #237

The first time I met Larry was on the field trip in South Africa. My colleague, Brian, better known as "Professor Hayes", had arranged for all his final year Marine Biology students to travel to Knysna on the Cape coast to collect data for their first hands-on research project. Larry's wealthy father had agreed to let us use his boat for 'a little bit of educational fun,' as he called it. So, there we were, all eighteen of us, waiting for Larry.Outside the Knysna Yacht Club, the Cape sky was turning an angry grey - not uncommo...

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Also writes under the name Suzy Carrero.