Cassie followed the well-trodden trail that cut through the sand dunes. The beach was before her. Waves rolled in, one after another to the empty beach. Cassie breathed in the cool air; it seemed to explode in her lungs. In the two and half weeks she’d been in Seaclusion, she’d yet to drive to the beach. Sightseeing hadn’t been at the top of her list of things to do recently.
She spotted Tim and Luke playing Frisbee down on the beach. Tim ran, grabbing at the Frisbee Luke had thrown. Cassie’s heart expanded with warmth. She jogged toward them and was roped into playing. For the next half hour, they ran this way and that. Luke kept Cassie running to Tim’s delight. She was huffing and puffing in exertion. Finally she begged mercy and collapsed onto a large piece of driftwood. Luke soon join
