Summer Waters - Broken Promises

I failed.

Antonia thought the words before Claudia had time to ask.

It happens. Failure isn’t a crime. Not trying is and before you ask, yes, I’ve failed lots of times. On one occasion it was very bad.

Claudia’s sea-green eyes held a faraway look. Suddenly, Antonia remembered Bubbles telling her how one of their pod had got tangled in a fishing net and died because the Silver Dolphin was too far away to save her. Had that Silver Dolphin been Claudia? She reached out for Claudia’s hand and squeezed it. Claudia gave her hand a little squeeze back.

“Guess what?” said Cai, breathless with excitement.

“Antonia’s lost her shoes?” asked Claudia, a twinkle in her eye.

Antonia grinned. It was becoming a bit of a joke that she kept leaving her shoes on the beach.

“No,” said Cai. “Hannah’s a Silver Dolphin.”

“Oh, that!” said Claudia mischievously. “I had a suspicion she might be.”

“She wants to set up a Sea Watch where she lives. Will you help her?” Cai rushed on.

Claudia laughed. “Of course I will. We’ll talk about it later when I’ve got time to sit down with Hannah and discuss it properly. Right now I was hoping you three might clear out the shed for me. The builder needs to move it before he starts work on the deepwater pool.”

Claudia suggested they lay everything housed in the shed on the lawn while she cleared a temporary space for it all in her garage.

“The car can stay outside,” she said decisively.

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