Chapter 53

The three climbed back onto the boat, their limbs aching. Luca and Alissa sat at the back of the boat, their feet still in the water. Malachi passed them towels which they wrapped around their shoulders, Alissa hid under the towel as she took the wet t-shirt off wrapping the towel around her securely. Luca rested back, his arms stretched behind him supporting his weight. He sighed, gently kicking his feet around the water. Beads of moisture ran from his hair before he wiped them with the cream towel.

She rested back in a similar manner to Luca, the sun peaking through a cloud drying her skin. It wasn’t a particularly warm day but the little bit of sunshine was welcome of the chill of the sea wind. “That was fun,” she mumbled partly to herself.

“It was. It’s nice to get away sometimes.”

She hummed a note of agreement.

“Hungry?” Malachi asked from behind them as he bit into a sandwich, they both nodded accepting the parchment wrapped sandwiches.

“Thanks,” Alissa said as she bit into