#Chapter 233 Almost Paradise

I silently prayed to the Goddess as we lay motionless, hoping the shark would swim away and leave us alone. My prayers seemed to be answered when we saw the fin moving away from our lifeboat. But we stayed silent and still for hours as we waited for dawn. “Do you think it’s gone?” I whispered while trying to ignore that my legs were cramping and I desperately needed a bathroom. “Yes, but let’s stay still until daylight to make sure there aren't any more of them,” he whispered back. “I read that sharks like to feed at night.” Victor kissed my forehead, and I began to doze. I was having a strange dream about drifting on the clouds when something slammed into the dinghy. My eyes flew open, and I screamed as Victor fought to sit up. We were doomed. There was no way the shark didn’t know we were in the lifeboat. “No, no, no,” I sobbed. “Go away and leave us alone.” Victor began to laugh. “It’s okay, Daisy. That wasn’t a shark. We landed on a beach!”