Meli groaned and only said, "Alan."
He, with gentle movements, moved aside the tufts of hair that hid her face. "I apologize to you," he apologized sadly. "There was a reason I brought you home and did not call for help," he continued. "If you leave me, I will explain everything to you," he added, while at the same time thinking about what to say, in order to reveal as little as he could.
"Water…", Meli interrupted him.
Alan brought her water and she drank it in one gulp, as the whirlpool pulls the sea inside her.
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