True Love Waits

Chapter 433 Thank You For Being Alive

Carlos only gave her a long look. When the killer whale swam towards them, Debbie was so frightened she clutched Carlos tightly. "Run! Run!" she screamed, scrunching her eyes closed, too spooked to open them.

She heard water thrashing behind her, but soon it was quiet.

"Open your eyes," Carlos coaxed her.

When everything was quiet, Debbie's fear fled. She opened her eyes slowly. Her jaw dropped when she caught sight of what was right in front of her.

Carlos was stroking the killer whale's head!

"Are... are you crazy? I-l-it's going to eat you!" Fear filled her. She clung to his arm even tighter.

Since they boarded the boat, they'd been through a lot. Her day was filled with moments of terror and danger. She wondered if she would die from a heart attack soon.

For example, right now, her heart was pounding like it would burst through her chest, and she couldn't feel her legs.

Carlos, however, didn't seem scared at all.

Noticing the incredulity on her face, he explained, "About the only people these guys attack are their keepers. They like people."

As if to prove what he had said, the killer whale moved its huge body towards Debbie and butted its head against her playfully.

"Ugh! Help!" she cried. Suddenly, she wanted to be home. She really missed a bunch of people: Piggy, Curtis, Colleen, Kasie, Decker, even her mom. "Boo...hoo..."

Carlos smiled. He gave her a pat on the back and said, "It likes you."

'What?' Debbie stared at Carlos in shock. Cautiously, she looked back. The killer whale seemed to be smiling at her.

the surface. Just when Debbie thought it was leaving, it leaped out of the water and dived in again, and sea spray cascaded

heartbeat steadied. "The

to it,"

the whale anymore, Debbie waved her right arm excitedly and

her, the killer whale came swimming back. It finally surfaced only

chest, feeling embarrassed that she was scared again. She wondered if she

his cheek against the killer whale's. Then he asked Debbie to do it too. 'Seriously?'

the whale's big head. She didn't press her cheek

cold.' Smiling, she gave the big guy a kiss on

enormous mouth, baring its two lines of sharp teeth. Debbie let it go in a hurry, screaming

killer whale, which had

too jumpy. Relax,"

in denial. And that was when the killer whale started

doing?" she

Carlos shook his head.

the killer whale rubbed its head against Carlos' shin, and circled around him. Only then did Debbie

in the water a

at the deserted island and said,

"How did it happen?"

so fast I didn't have any warning. It looked like

no bandages. I

"That's okay," Carlos said.

vast ocean. "I don't want to swim ever again," she said. She had stayed in the water longer than she ever had. In fact, she wondered if she'd spent more

next to her, he could feel the depth of emotion in Debbie's soul. He took her into his arms and kissed her on

being alive. Thank

tinder, but they kissed