The search was grueling. Vanessa’s hope was fading as the tide began to pull back. She sat on her colorful towel, chin trembling, resigned to a toothless and penniless fate. But as her father stood up to stretch his aching back, he noticed something caught in the mesh pocket of Vanessa’s own swim trunks.
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The words landed as if someone had set a stone on the edge of the world. Vanessa’s stomach dropped. Marcus had gone to stand a little apart, eyes fixed on the tide. The search was grueling