Chapter 89

There is a deadly silence before the storms hits in and my brain copes with more reasons to panic, and panic I do, for a moment forgetting where I stand and trying to push Ethan back to flee, only that such sudden move earns me another mouthful of water by falling down into the lagoon, but Ethan is fast and pulls me right back up, and this time my grip on him is thicker than iron, and I have no shame to stuck myself like a koala around him.

"Wow wow hey there, easy now I got you, you are safe, no need to be scared uhm?" He says at my clear fearful display, clinging to him like that, but I could not care less about my image at that moment if it meant being safer by grabbing him, but still I try to save some face by saying:

"Is just that I- I don't know how to swim, that's all." I blandly give him a haft truth and receive an hum back that clearly indicated he did not dig it, but at least he is kind enough not to question it any further.