Christopher ended up choking on the piece of abalone I had stuffed another into his mouth to stop him from striking up a conversation.
He gulped down a few mouthfuls of the water I handed him. After he caught his breath, he reached over in an attempt to caress my cheek.
I placed his palms on my cheeks and said, “I’m not going to listen to you! Just hang in there with me, Christopher! Since your siblings are the bigshots around here, I’m sure it’s only a matter of time until they reach us! Are you telling me you don’t have faith in your family? Well, guess what? I’m pretty sure they’re going to reach us soon!”
The man responded with a self-deprecating smirk and swirled his wrist to take a glance at his watch. Truth be told, the watch was no longer functioning. I removed it on his behalf and muttered, “Has water entered it? Actually, it doesn’t make any difference even if you’re aware of the time, seeing as to how we’re stranded.”
Christopher put on the watch on my behalf and whispered, “This is the latest type of watch in the market. It has a global positioning system installed. I have accidentally spoiled it, so I’m afraid the battery is no longer working as well as it’s supposed to. Take this to a place with moonlight and expose it to the light as much as you can. If it works, I want you to mess around with it as soon as it reaches twelve o’clock. It’ll notify others of our precise location.”
I nodded and took note of his instructions. Although there were a lot of stars, we hadn’t been able to see the moon the past few days. I secretly prayed we would get to see it soon; perhaps it would plant seeds of hope in all of us.
After spending another few hours in the middle of nowhere, I was on the verge of dehydrating due to the scorching sun. Unable to withstand the thirst, I continued gulping my saliva to keep myself sane.
Afraid that I would accidentally finish all of Christopher’s water, I started searching high and low around the island in the hope of getting us both something to eat. I tried gathering water from a gigantic tree, but luck just wasn’t on my side.
When I started chewing the leaves, I grew increasingly thirsty due to the astringent flavors of the leaves. In the end, I started chewing a few strands of grass to alleviate the awful stench in my mouth for temporary relief.
I carried on with my journey and continued searching for something edible left behind by others along the beach.
It was then I heard the voice of a woman moaning. The sounds made me think someone had sustained a serious injury and was in desperate need of help. As soon as I rushed over and figured out the things going on, I was overwhelmed by a sense of disgust.
It turned out that Crystal and Lyle were in the middle of a raunchy session. The injured man was leaning against the gigantic boulder, allowing Crystal to let loose of herself.
I couldn’t believe they had the mood for something of that sort when they were on the verge of losing their lives.
Hold on a second! Just how unlucky am I to run into them whenever they’re in the middle of a raunchy session?
Afraid I would startle the intimate duo, I tiptoed my way away from them to save us the trouble of embarrassing one another. When I stumbled upon something hard on my feet, I leaned over in anticipation of getting myself something edible.
Unfortunately, it was a mirror. When I was about to leave, I heard Crystal asking Lyle, “Yvonne has hidden a bottle of water! Shall we deceive her and get her to hand it over to us?”
Lyle hesitated, seemingly against the idea. “Hmm. I don’t think that’s very wise of you.”
“Lyle, I’m not going to give up on you and I just yet! Since Yvonne has made up her mind to join Christopher in hell, it’s a waste of water! If that’s the case, it’ll be better if she hands it over to us!”
“What exactly are you up to?” Lyle asked cautiously.
“Yvonne has always been a sympathetic woman! Ask her to do you a favor of treating your wound! I’ll sneak my way over and steal her bottle of water away from her when she’s occupied!”
