Sixty-One
Saturday, May 28
Halawa Beach, Moloka‘i
Despite all the threats that continued to hang over them, Eva was happy. She’d checked on Soledad for herself and, although what had happened to her still wasn’t clear, Eva was reassured that the girl would heal fine. Her ear still throbbed, but she could finally tune out the pain. Somehow Thomas had managed to rescue her dolphins, Jose, and his grandmother in one fell swoop. She’d forever be grateful. And now that the others had departed, it was just the two of them, alone on a beautiful beach, no one else in sight.
For this moment at least, Eva allowed herself some peace.
She stood before him, gazing up into his crystal-blue eyes, then found herself back in his arms, in an embrace. He was still in his damp wetsuit, certainly cold, so
