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FIONA

Just as I was about to dive into the water, a now fa sound

caught my attention I snapped my head in the direction of the noise and noticed Gabe surfacing once again

“Gabe!” I screamed

Yet, no sooner had I done so than I lost my balance on the side of the sailboat I shrieked in terror as I tried to lunge for the sail, but it was already too late The next thing I realized, my backside slammed into the surface of the water, and within a fraction of a secondsea water

As quickly as I could, I shot to the surface By that time, Gabe had closed onainst his torso

“Fiona, hang on to et you back to the boat”

“You fucking bastard!” I yelled, as he pulled“You had me scared to death!”

“Oh come on, calm down”

Just then, we reached the side of the boat, and as we did, Gabe hoisted e and pulledinto the vessel with a thud As I lay there soaked and gasping for breath, Gabe followed close behind and rolled up next to ht, balled ainst Gabe’s chest

“How could you do that?! Why?!!”

I swatted against the hard musculature of his upper body in vain for several more seconds It wasn’t hard to see the strikes caused hirabbed hold of my arms

“Fiona,” he said, as he heldto refocus my attention “Fiona!”

After another moment or so, I snapped back to awareness

“What?” I screamed

“Cal other than find your bracelet All right? What’s gotten into you?”

“What’s gotten into ee, let’s see…”

Soon after, I started to rattle off all the reasons what he’d done was completely insane Half of which wound up with him trapped on the bottom, the other half eaten alive, and in all of them he wound up one hundred percent dead!