It HAD gotten busy, and she’d hurried around, trying not to feel overwhelmed but kept-together, efficient. She was rubbing the small of her back as ...he went back into the kitchen to fill up the ketchup bottles.‘Roseanne! Is your back bothering you?’ Benji called from behind the line, his brow furrowed. He came around to the server side and went up to her where she stood filling the bottles.She gave a weak smile and waved it off. ‘Oh, it’s nothing. You know how it gets. I’m just sore at the end. I wondered why they didn’t get drunk, I would have been on my knees by then.The language they spoke was not close anything I had ever heard. It seemed to have a lot more consonants and was a bit choppy. I tried to see if I could pick up any words but after a few minutes I gave up. Instead I decided to go for a swim.The clear water was warm and when my feet sank into the soft sand I sighed. I walked until the water reached my chest and then began to swim. I aimed for a little rock a few hundred. Mia wasn't sure what to make of him but apparently Robert knew what to do with her.As she let herself in to Mac's house she recalled vividly Robert's words of earlier this evening."Will you marry me, Amy?"Mia shuddered, she despised the nickname Amy. How could he ask her about marriage? They weren't dating, they had never dated! They had a business relationship only; their dinners together were meetings with prospective buyers or to secure commissions on a piece of jewelry. How had he gotten. “The harbor boys will be busy with emergencies all night…and into tomorrow with the way this thing hit. Came in with no warning.” “Is it a monsoon” asked Jack.“Probably not” Miri offered. “The season is still two or three weeks away. It could come sooner, but usually…” “You never really know out here” Craig interrupted. “I’ve seen some strange things in these islands. All sorts of strange things.” Then there was a heavy silence as Craig stood in the middle of the cabin looking back and forth.