I should have gone to bed. That was the sensible thing to do. The mature thing to do. The safe thing to do. Instead, I found myself standing outside the bedroom window again. The ocean stretched endlessly beyond the glass, black and silver in the moonlight. Somewhere in the darkness was the private hut.

The same shack mentioned in Alex's phone call.

The same shack he'd probably left me for. The same shack that now refused to leave my thoughts. I crossed my arms tightly. This was ridiculous. I w