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Owen got up a moment later He wasn’t subtle at all He didn't evendown the beach in the saone

"I, uhI'uy said, and bolted to his feet He practically ran down the beach after the on down on the beach and I wasn't invited I guessed they were talking about how I had ruined the challenge for the And because I was short and couldn't run through the snow, and I pronounced o

Ion that wall But I wasn't at camp alone I looked over at Patty, my one and only friend here on the Red teahed, dejected

I tossed a handful of kindling down at the base of the fire pit "You not going to go with them, Patty?"

"I'm tired I think I'll just wait for the fire"

Was she being deliberately dense or did she not get it? "I think they're probably having a tea eyes blinked for a ain

Ah, hell I was getting sick of the tears I got up and sat next to her, then patted her on the shoulder "Why don't you go join them?"

"I don't think they like me"

"They like you just fine," I told her truthfully "It's o show theavebut nice to ed her with ance out of aot to play as cutthroat as the rest of they"

She looked uncertain "What about you?"

"I'er at her "Don't you worry about ot to her feet, and then she headed down the beach after theuessed that Patty had been included after all

Which was fine I mean, hell It didn’t take a psychic to readOas clearly top dog I was the short, loud the handsoht I'd fucked up the challenge for them

If I wasn't the first person voted out of this shitty team, I'd be shocked

THREE

Peace and quiet, at last – Owen MacIntosh, Day 4, Endurance Island: Alaska

4 Days Later

"SO, LUNA, WHY DO YOU think you were the first one out of Endurance Island: Alaska?"

I stared at the camera-man in front of me as if that were the dumbest question I'd ever received Heck, e? The tribe had been against me since we'd landed our canoes on the woodsy shore of the Alaskan island

But maybe this was one of those 'spill your heart' moments and I was supposed to open up and confess all ood TV

Ha

But since it couldn't hurt anything, I beamed my sweetest same to one person, and one person alone: Owen"

The camera shifted "Can you talk some more about why you think Owen is responsible?"

"I don't think Owen is responsible--I know he is As soon as we landed on the island in the canoes, he had it out for ested we build fire first, he decided we needed shelter And then, of course, when it rained and we had neither, it was uess because the weather has so to do withalpha males that thinks that just because he has a penis, he's smarter than any woman, and refuses to listen to co to win in that scenario And as soon as I saw the tribe was siding with hiht as well enjoy myself while I was there"

And I had

I'd relaxed on the cold, rocky beach or lounged near the fire (that I built) I went out and foraged for berries and not shared the, if I had, I wouldn't have shared it In short, I was no longer playing a teaame

Owen had killed that for me So, screw him, and screw all of them This experience was supposed to be fun, but as soon as I'd arrived, I'd been dead in the water

Endurance Island was supposed to be fun, right? But combine that with snow and all this Christ but

Now, heck, I'd been voted out and was currently residing as the first e was pretty damn sweet I'd expected a crappy little cabin not much better than the junky shelter I'd left behind on the red team’s beach

Nope When the Endurance Island crew relaxed, they relaxed in style We were staying at a large resort cabin tucked into the woods It was just me and the film creho cycled in and out for their shifts, and the producers

Since I was the first one out, I got to have an all-expenses paid vacation for the next ht and froze on the cold, rocky Alaskan beaches I curled up withfire and tried not to feel too s about where I was

So I didn't have the million dollars I had my pride, and if it couldn't pay the bills, well, I was no worse off than I hen I started

"Who do you think will be the next to go?" The ca one of e Home Movies’ that they peppered the Endurance Island website with to encourage traffic People liked to see the contestants relaxing after the fact, he told me It made the audience feel better that ere happy and well-adjusted after being voted off Plus, the website spammed the videos with ads, and thatvoted out? I was still on cao? If the red tea it'll be Patty" She was s And she'd been friendly with oing to go for strength over anything else, if he's in charge of the team And if he does, he'll end up with a bunch of clueless e and they'll fall to pieces"