She held the soft wrap by its corners—above her head—and allowed the breeze to catch it, laughing at her whimsical impulse before letting go to wa...ch it float softly inland and come to rest on the dry sand. Peeling off her swimsuit, she balled it up and flung it so that it landed alongside the other garment. With arms wide, Chloe walked into the sea, submersing herself when its warm waters reached her waist. It embraced her, not dousing her fire but instead stoking it through a symphony of. I paid enough to reserve us a boat and two large umbrellas for a week. I didn't want to get up this early every day. Standing on the dock above the boat it looked small. Really small. Tiny... They'd looked bigger from the shore yesterday. Jason looked dubiously at the small boat and asked, 'Do you even know how to sail?' 'Nope, never been on a sailboat. You?' 'Nope.' 'Can't be too hard,' I said with confidence. 'We are so screwed.' We got in and found our footing in the bobbing little boat.. And you’ve both already done that. And just so you know there will not be a class next week.” Just before we left she asked, “You two seem awfully close. You’re not an item are you?”Sammy laughed and said, “No. We’re not. I mean if I didn’t have a boyfriend or she wasn’t my ... Well, let’s just leave it there. Anyone would be lucky to have Erica as a girlfriend.”I whispered in Sammy’s ear, “Can we leave now?”As we waited outside Sammy held my hand and said, “I am so sorry about what happened in. On exiting, I found he was still there, so, not having any pressing business I offered him a ride. He told me he had been waiting quite a while for a Uber and would be happy to accept my offer.In the car, he introduced himself as Aldous and surprised me when he told me his age was sixty-two. He looked much older and I asked him about his scars. Aldous was a garrulous gent and went into great detail about a couple of serious car wrecks he'd been in that had left him permanently crippled. He now.