Maya didn’t move for a long time. The crickets on the shore started their evening chorus. A fish jumped somewhere behind her. When she finally rowed back, Leo was waiting with a flashlight.
She stepped onto the groaning pier, her legs shaky but her heart full. “No,” she said. “Just a neighbor.” sharks lagoon
Maya smiled. “They’re there. You just don’t see them.” Maya didn’t move for a long time
Then she saw it.