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For Brady

SURVIVAL

The i is not to panic

Like that was even possible My heart pounded erratically in h ht for ht as well have been ten hours The floaty chiffon gown that had seeht and airy when I had selected it for the Ryans' Casino Night now clung toto pull me down Down into the deep, dark depths of the ocean where who-knehat disgusting, sli to nibble on ers and--

No

No No No It was going to be okay It was, it was, it was If I could just keepwould be fine I could still hear the pianoacross the Caribbean Sea, could stillat the card tables As long as I

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could see the boat there was the possibility it hts on the deck as the vessel sailed back toward St Barths and willed it to turn Sent a silent panic signal to anyone who ht care Noelle Upton Kiran Dash Taylor Tiffany So for me Someone, anyone, hear me

I caught a stray shout and my heart leapt with hope But the shout was followed by a peal of laughter They were just obliviously going about their partying Everyone I knew on the island was on that boat And it was quickly floating out of reach

The i is not to panic

But theSomeone on that boat had tried to kill me Someone had torn off the ridiculously expensive dia--Noelle's necklace--and shoved ure Average height That was all I had seen after plunging into the sea and struggling to the surface A hooded figure slinking away, the white triht I couldn't tell if it was , but I had e Ryan, or Sienna Marquez They were all jealous of me They all wanted Upton Giles, h to et me out of the way

And it looked like she was going to succeed

No

I was not going to let her win Whichever one of those psychos had done this was going to be sorely disappointed I couldn't wait until