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RETURN TO PARADISE

BY TIMA

CHAPTER

6





RETURN TO PARADISE
chapter 06:

[Tea and Del arrive at the marina. Tea's discomfort with the mysterious journey Todd's sent her on escalates as she's informed that Todd has reserved a boat for her. Reluctantly, she boards the boat with Del.

Together they search the cabin of the boat for any clues that Todd may have intended for Tea. Del is the first to spot a map with coordinates written on it.]

Del: You're not going to like this.

Tea: What?

[Tea stops her search and joins her brother, staring in disbelief at the map in front of her.]

Tea: It can't be.

Del: What else could it be?

Tea: Something else. Anything else. He wouldn't be that cruel.

Del: Since when?

Tea: Todd may have made many mistakes in the past, but he wouldn't do this to me. He knows how horrible it was being stranded on that island. He wouldn't put me through that again.

Del: He didn't kidnap you and drop you off there alone. Maybe he has something planned.

Tea: Like, what?

Del: I'm not the one who married that psychopath...twice. I don't know what goes on in that sick mind of his.

Tea: I do. He would never make me return to a place with that many negative memories.

Del: Maybe he doesn't think they're negative.

Tea: How could he think anything else? We both almost died on that island. He left me there to risk his life paddling back to his other ex-wife.

Del: Believe me, defending that monster is not something I want to do, but men and women never view the same things the same way.

Tea: If you were in his position, would you have fond memories of being on that island?

Del: You're my little sister, I don't want to even think about what Manning might have coerced you into doing while you were trapped on that island.

Tea: I can assure you, it was quite consensual.

Del: As far as I'm concerned, you played cards the whole time.

Tea: We didn't have any cards.

[Del's look of repulsion amuses Tea.]

Tea: Men! You brag ad nauseum about your own conquests but expect your sisters to remain virginal.

Del: We need to stop talking about this or Manning will stop breathing after I get my hands around his throat.

Tea: We were married, remember?

Del: Not when you were on that island. He should have treated you with more respect.

Tea: Have you married every woman you've had sex with?

Del: I'm going to be sick.

Tea: Stop being so dramatic, and so over-protective. I'm not your baby sister anymore.

Del: You will always be my baby sister. And, that man will never be good enough for you.

Tea: That's irrelevant. I'm not going back to that island. Whatever Todd has planned will have to go on without me.

Del: Clearly, he wanted you to go back.

Tea: Clearly, he doesn't know me at all.

Del: I know you. I know that you won't be able to resist.

Tea: You're wrong.

Del: You would follow that man anywhere. You've already proven that several times.

Tea: That island is one place that I will most definitely not follow him. I'm going back to that hotel and getting a room. I won't allow Todd Manning to ruin this Hawaiian vacation for me, the way he ruined the last one.

[Tea confidently exits the boat. An amused Del follows her, knowing that they'll be back.]

to be continued...

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