“How do you know that?”
“I saw you at the window.”
“Whatever… I was worried about you,” I say. “Swimming into the ocean at night for like what...? An hour?”
“I’m a good swimmer. You couldn’t have dragged me out of the water even if you wanted to,” he says, rolling his eyes over my body.
“I’ll keep that in mind next time,” I mumble, annoyed.
“Good luck... with your family.”
I wave him off and pull away, his words sobering me up.
My smile drops, and my stomach clenches as I climb the stairs and walk out of the house.
8
SENNA
“Senna?”
“Isabel!”
My sister’s arms loop around me, her eyes twinkling with a smile. She was only fourteen when I left, and at the time, she couldn’t quite grasp what had happened, so it wasn’t easy to forget about me.
Regardless, she had to abide by the family rules, and we haven’t kept in touch for years.
“I’m so happy you are here. I was afraid you wouldn’t come. I didn’t see you last night.”
“That’s because we arrived late.”
“We? Where is the mysterious man?”
I hesitate for a moment.
Her expression shifts quickly.
“Is it a woman?” she asks, a bit intrigued.
“No, no. It’s a man. He’s, um... I think he’s at the beach. He’s probably swimming right now,” I say, giving her a small smile. “You’ll see him tonight.”
“Okay.”
She steps back and runs her eyes over me.
“You look... different.”
“Good or bad?”
“Good. I wish I’d looked more like you.”
“No, you don’t,” I say, chuckling.
A natural blonde with hazel eyes, slender and feminine, she looks like a princess. And chances are she’ll be one once she marries Lester Crown, one of the wealthiest men in Wyoming.
She runs her fingers over my arm.
“No, no, seriously. I’d like to be as fit as you are. You go to the gym, I imagine.”