It was an arrangement that had worked to keep Marcus out of the spotlight, for whatever reason, and let them have almost normal lives among the other ...aces. I much preferred the old man I've known for years than the young-looking, scary visage he's told me about.I waited while they finished talking about some political crap, not really in any hurry to return to house arrest. Without Talon there, the house held little appeal. I slept in his bed sometimes, though never for the entire night, often. A rather sexy train conductor checked her ticket. Helen saw the second conductor and she noticed that the last names on the tags were the same, they must be husband and wife. It’s a pity, he is rather handsome.Her compartment was empty, the train was leaving from the city so other passengers were to get on later. She wondered who her fellow traveler might be. Not a deaf old lady with her noisy grandsons, she thought. “Till then I can enjoy my privacy”.It was already dark when the first fellow. “I’ll be sure that if the memo ever comes down saying something different, we’ll make sure the last to know.” The last part she almost doesn’t get out before her laughter takes over.“Oh you guys suck,” Belle says, pushing her sister away and climbing to her feet. “I’m going to get a shower. You three can just keep laughing it up.”“Okay,” Joy says. “We will.”“Wait. Wait,” Charity says. “If Belle takes a shower who are we going to laugh at then?”The three look at each other and then back to. As I slowly walked in the water felt so nice against my feet, it was so warm. It was incredible how shallow it was so far out. I was probably a good fifty yards out off the shore and the water was only up to my belly button, but the waves were pretty powerful. I was just standing there taking in the warm water and hot sun when a huge wave came out of nowhere and hit me hard.I fell underwater and resurfaced quickly. After a few moments, I realized I was standing there in waist-deep water.