Chapter 68

Gasping for breath I broke the water’s surface and continued to be dragged along. I couldn’t get out of the current and I watched the shore and the rocky inlet getting smaller and smaller. I screamed for the keepers, but I was already so far out. Much to my dismay, I was being dragged out to sea.

It took forever to get out of the current. Finally, I was dumped unceremoniously on what was essentially a large sand bar in the middle of the ocean. I looked around and realized I was in the middle of nowhere.

I couldn’t see land in any direction. If I could tell which way home was I could swim toward it. The current had twisted me around for so long I wasn’t even sure of that anymore. Not that I could fight the current to get back there anyway.

My eyes started to tear up, I was going to die here. No one would ever find me. I fought for control of myself and it was a losing battle.

As the sun set, the water started to rise. I had no idea how big the change in tide w