"What do you mean, pulled you under?" Allixon asked. "I fell off the tube - that was my own stupid fault, I know - but I was doing okay." "Doing okay? You were floundering around like some kid whose dad thinks the way to give a swimming lesson is just toss them off a dock into the water," Clarice said. "Okay, so I wasn't on the swim team like I said - and I didn't spend my summers as a lifeguard at some fancy camp like Clarice -- but I know how to keep my head above water." Jolene looked around the group. "And I know when something grabs me by the ankle and pulls me under." Trevor looked at her. "You think a shark grabbed you around the ankle and pulled you under," he said, looking at her bare feet, "but didn't even break the skin?" "Jolene," Allixon said, "when Clarice boosted you

