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"I know I read the letters written by Antoine D’Mas, the pirate atched the Marie Josephine go down It all ree on so," heon the sand and the knock at the door "Hey, you up in there?" Bethany called

Genevieve stood and opened the door Bethany was ready for the day, it appeared She earing cutoffs over her one-piece Speedo Her hair was tied back, out of the way

"Good, you’re up early!" she announced "I didn’t want to sit around alone any longer There’s nothing on the TV--hey!" she said suddenly, seeing Thor on the futon

"Hey yourself," he greeted her, standing politely

Bethany suddenly stared at Genevieve, as if really seeing her for the first time "You’re soaked And there’s seaweed in your hair What the hell…?"

Genevieve looked fully at her friend, her back to Thor Thompson "You know me I woke up early and just couldn’t resist the lure of the water"

"By the dock?" Bethany said incredulously

Genevieve made her stare fiercer "On the beach side," she snapped "I can’t resist the water soht," Bethany muring the subject

"Sure, thanks"

Bethany plopped down on the futon, where Thor joined her "You still on for tonight?" she asked

Genevieve nearly spilled the coffee

"Yeah, why not?" he asked

"Barhopping," Bethany told Genevieve "We’re all going"

"Should we be barhopping?" Genevieve asked

"We don’t have to drink at every bar But Thor, Lizzie and Zach haven’t spentto show them the must-do tourist places and then our own favorites Hey, we’re always in by four o’clock We can shower, eat somewhere cool, show the, and Thor’s the boss of his teareat"

"I’m not so sure," Genevieve murmured

"When did you suddenly turn into such a stick?" Bethany deoing to shower," Genevieve said

"You’re going to shower--to go diving?" Bethany asked

"Yeah I want fresh seaweed in ether on her futon She walked into the bathroom and closed and locked the door She stared at her reflection in the ain She realized she was deeply irritated and didn’t knohy

She also didn’t want them to leave

Determined not to dwell on the situation, she hopped into the shoashed her hair, then hopped out Her suit from the day before was on the rack, and she slipped back into it, then found shorts and a denied, the tere still talking

"It eird I thought it was co

"What are you talking about?" Genevieve asked sharply

"Weird noises" Bethany laughed "If I didn’t know you better, I’d have said you were cooking!"

"You heard noises, too?" Genevieve deet up way before I need to--especially when I’ht," Bethany told her "What were you doing?"

"Nothing I ih to make her nuts She saw a body, no one else did Thor heard noises, so did everyone else

She felt a disturbing, creeping sensation along her spine How much did that matter when she had awakened ith seawater? And she didn’t ree