I watched Alice swim away from me. The distance wasn't far. A few meters at most. And yet, somehow it felt as if she had swum an entire ocean. Just a moment before, she had been looking me in the eyes, her breathing ragged, her full attention fixed on me.Now she looked completely distracted. Confused. Shocked.—Lucy?!The disbelief in her voice made me turn back toward the shore. That's right. Lucy. I'd almost forgotten I was here.Lucy had left the cabin earlier, and I'd simply assumed she'd gone horseback riding. Or maybe she was spending time with Sebastian. Or, at most, partying at some bar in town. After being such a nightmare for Benjamin, she deserved those extracurricular activities and more.Since arriving at the beach, he had spent most of his time inside the cabin with Sebastian, extracting information from Benjamin one bone at a time.I didn't expect her to suddenly appear as if she had stepped out of a beach magazine."Oh, darling, I missed you!" Lucy practically jumped
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