Crystal’s face turned pale and haggard when she seemed to think of something. Similarly, I caught a glimpse of Lyle staring at me with his face puckered. I paid no heed to the duo and continued treating Christopher’s wound.
When I headed out to retrieve another bucket of water, I finally figured out the reason behind Lyle’s odd expression. He might have taken my statements personally when I told Crystal to leave with the things I no longer wanted.
What the hell? Wasn’t he the one who abandoned me in the first place? He was the one who had an affair with Crystal and insisted on filing for divorce with me! Stop making it seems as if I’m the one at fault!
Immediately after Crystal finished our leftovers with Lyle, they made their way out to get themselves something to eat. Staring at the duo’s departing figure, I couldn’t help but wonder would we make it until others showed up to our rescue.
We weren’t even aware of our precise location, let alone those unaware of the trip. I thought the rescue team might only reach us when we were dead.
It felt dreadful to spend another minute on the deserted island. Occasionally, someone would yell at the top of their lungs in frustration.
Others had tried to start a fire to attract the fisherman’s attention, notifying them there was someone stranded on the deserted island. On top of that, some of them had put on an SOS sign using leaves and branches.
We would take turns to be on the lookout for passing ships in the hope of someone showing up to our rescue. Unfortunately for us, not a single ship had shown up over the past two days.
Everyone was slowly overwhelmed by fear and a sense of insecurity. To make things worse, we were almost running out of water. In other words, we might pass on due to dehydration. It was then I sneaked my way to get myself a bottle of water.
Crystal, who couldn’t bring herself to fall asleep, went after me. She kept a serving of water in a coconut husk when she noticed what I was up to.
The moment we showed up to get another serving of water the next day, a few buff-looking women, who had made it to the shore ahead of us, stopped us from getting near the source of water.
“It belongs to us! You better stay away from it in the future!”
Actually, the water there would merely last them for about two days.
When I tried to approach them, one of them pushed me away with all their might and warned me at the top of her lungs, “I’ll take you out if you don’t take our warnings seriously!”
After I returned to Christopher’s side and got him something to drink, I ripped the hem of my shirt and started cleaning his wound.
Christopher stopped me and asserted, “It’s fine! We need to save up as much as possible!”
I shook my head, insisting on cleaning his wound. The moment I undressed him, an awful stench coming from his wound wafted into my nose.
Unable to pull myself together, I started shivering in fear with my hands covering my mouth to stop myself from crying.
Holding me in his arms, Christopher said, “Eve, we were once stranded on a deserted island where we were dispatched to deal with a formidable foe. He blew up our ship and stopped us from getting in touch with others. On top of that, they had their canons ready to take us out.”
I wasn’t aware of the reason he had brought up something of that sort out of nowhere. I tried to stop him and get him to preserve his energy, but he insisted on carrying on.
“We almost ran out of water and food back then too. It was then one of the heavily injured comrades of ours told us to devour him as our source of protein since he wouldn’t make it out alive. At the very least, he wished to ensure we could survive.”
