Chapter 20Past four o'clock, the crowd thinned fast. Sara stayed to help Eden and her sisters with the big job of cleaning and packing. Afterward, she carried a bottle of cool water across the highway to sit among the monstrous lava boulders adjacent to the shoreline. The boulders kept the highway from washing away from the scouring wave action of high winter seas. She was mesmerized by the pink, coral and red hued vog of sunset. The shades deepened with each passing moment; the colors of the sunset as spectacular as the sunrises. The smell of the sea wafted on the trades. She closed her eyes as reverie took over. The sea or living near water would always be a vital part of her existence. The roar of the ocean pounded in her ears. She breathed in and slowly exhaled, deeply at peace.
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