THIRTY-TWO
"How would you like a walk on the beach?"
Flavia raised her eyes from her book. "I thought we were supposed to stay inside."
Jay shrugged. "What the point of living in paradise if you don't go outside to enjoy it? C'mon. I'll fend off the wildlife."
What sort of wildlife did this island have that required fending off? Flavia hadn't seen anything larger than a lorikeet and she was certainly a match for one of those.
Jay flashed a smile that would make any girl swoon. "Please?"
Forgetting her book, Flavia rose, ready to...what had he asked her to do again? She took his outstretched hand and followed him through the front door and down the steps to the sand. A jetty stuck out into the sea, or it would have if the sea hadn't retreated. Instead, it stood high above a smooth st
