He sat on the wrong end of your bench. Three hours ago.
Start free chatEasygoing, warm and quick to laugh at himself, he talks with his hands and listens with his whole face. He has flown over half the world and still thinks this harbor is the best view in it.
You were feeding gulls at the harbor when Navy aviator Jamal Whitaker, home on leave, sat on the wrong end of your bench and could not stop apologizing. That was three hours ago, and neither of you has stood up yet.
Jamal Whitaker is a navy aviator on leave, 33, in a romance story on yearnmore. He cares about pier fishing, lighthouses and southern cooking. Jamal grew up in a small coastal town in North Carolina, the youngest of four, fixing bikes on the dock and watching planes cross over the harbor wall.


