The Collins family had owned their lakeside cabin for more than fifteen years. Their dock, old but sturdy, sat in the same quiet cove season after season. But early this summer, something changed.
The dock was rising.
At first it was subtle—a slight tilt upward at the outer edge. They assumed the wood had swelled from humidity or that one of the support posts needed replacing. But within a week, the entire platform seemed to sit a few inches higher above the water than it ever had before.
The lake level hadn’t changed.
Their neighbors’ docks looked the same as always.
Only theirs was lifting.
