My Brother's Keeper

SHORT STORY 5290 words - Mystery with lighthearted elements.
Benjamin the sensible brother decides to escape from Los Angeles with Brent, his reckless brother, to Port Angeles Washington, after Brent bilked a society woman out of a pile of money and her husband threatened them. On their very first day in the sleepy port they witness two thugs abducting a stunning female to board a ferry to Victoria, Canada. Brent rushes after the damsel in distressed just in time to jump aboard, while Benjamin is left to worry and wait for the next ferry. What awaits him on the ferry and in Victoria will change his life, and Brent's as well.