Chapter 33
Zoe and Quinn sat at the round teak table, basking in the comfort and warmth of Leo’s living room. Helping themselves to pots of steaming coffee and plates of chocolate biscuits. Through wide bay windows, the storm still raged across Turtle Reef.
Sirens and explosions sounded from the next room. ‘Turn that racket down, Josh,’ called Quinn.
Bridget sat in the corner, sobbing softly. She’d barely stopped crying since they’d found Josh. It seemed a lifetime of dammed-up grief was overflowing.
Leo and Quinn were deep in conversation. They’d been talking for what seemed like hours now, a wide-ranging exchange that began with Bridget, moved onto the reef, and now extended to the future of their little town.
‘So that’s the proposal,’ said Quinn. ‘An alliance between the Kiawa busi
