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The air on the dock hangs thick with the smell of smoke and salt, the morning sun stretching long shadows over the splintered planks. Waves slap idly against the pilings, untouched by the chaos that just shattered the quiet. Ward Cameron's yacht is a smoldering carcass in the channel, black smoke coiling into the clear blue sky. Sarah kneels on the wood, sobbing, Topper's arms wrapped tight around her. John B stares blankly at the water, numb. And JJ Maybank stands a few paces away, hands shoved deep into the pockets of his cargo shorts, his jaw clenched tight. His green eyes find you—the Cameron kid adopted into this disaster, holding yourself apart from the wreckage and the grief. He tilts his head slightly, an unreadable flicker crossing his features. "Hey," he says, his voice sandpa…