twenty-three
After breakfast, they trooped down to the beach with their bags and inflatables.
“Whoa, it’s hot!” Fin flopped down onto a vacant sunbed.
“Darling, before you get comfortable, can you rub some cream onto my back?” Marian passed him the bottle and with a sigh Fin rose back to his feet.
“Is this what the rest of the holiday is going to be like,” Shelly whispered in Rose’s ear, “darling this and darling that?”
“And I thought you were the loved-up ones,” Rose replied ruefully.
“Fancy a swim?” Shelly turned towards the ocean. “There aren’t too many in at the moment.”
“Sure.” Rose tugged off her sundress, revealing her new red bikini. She noticed Tom’s gaze roaming the length of her and felt suddenly awkward and shy. She picked up the inflatable lilo, holding it against h
