THIRTY-ONE
Xan stood with Jason on the jetty to wave goodbye to the Fishers, or whoever they were. Even if she received Joe's invoice for the work, she'd still wonder. Their arrival seemed too fortuitous to be coincidence. Like something out of a romance novel. Did that make the baby Cupid, then? Or one of Venus' other kids? Xan couldn't remember if Vulcan had any children. She'd have to look it up on their newly-restored internet access.
Right after she went for a swim in the lagoon. Vanessa had assured her the tiger shark was gone, though not before he'd gorged himself on their fish.
The damage report was better than Xan had expected, but it still wasn't good. Villa Maxima had taken the brunt of the cyclone, given its elevated position on the north-east corner of the island. Fallen
