True Love Waits

Chapter 434 Who Is The Father

The killer whale disappeared after they had reached the shore. Now it was back.

Carlos got off the rock. The killer whale's bulk was halfway out of the water. When it opened its mouth, Debbie screamed in surprise.

Its mouth was full of marine life such as fish, shrimp, crab, and some other creatures. Many of the creatures were still alive, others were certainly not, or at least unmoving.

"It's bringing us food," Carlos said with a smile.

Debbie threw her arms around the killer whale's head and gave it a big kiss. "Thank you, big guy."

The killer whale opened its mouth and all the fish, crab, and whatnot spilled out onto the rocks. Debbie went to collect what had fallen out, and the orca returned to the sea once more. Carlos gathered an armful and began flinging them onto the beach.

Then Carlos had a better idea. To avoid the fish leaping back into the sea, he decided to dig a hole further inland, and put rocks around the perimeter. Then the fish wouldn't able to "escape." He dug the hole quickly. While he was placing rocks, Debbie saw something odd-looking. "Ugh! This one's scary. Get rid of it, old man," she said, pointing at the offending fish.

Carlos looked at the fish. It was really a hideous-looking little creature. Grey, lumpy, spines around the mouth, huge, black eyes, and just unappetizing in general. "Throw it back into the water," he said. Debbie didn't even think that it would look good cooked. She danced around it, loath to touch it at all.

"You throw it. Hurry before it dies," Debbie said.

Carlos dropped the rock in his hand and came over. He looked at the fish with disgust obvious on his face. Finally, he picked the fish up by its tail fin and threw it back into the water. The two decided to waste no time building a fire to cook up their catch.

They didn't have a knife to gut the fish, though. While Debbie voiced her concerns, Carlos found a thin rock and a broken shell of a red scallop. He scraped the scales with the shell, holding it nearly flat against the fish, in long, hard swipes. Starting at the tail he scraped his way towards the head. Then he flipped it over and did the same to the other side. He paused for a minute to rest. This wasn't the easiest work, and the hot sun didn't make it any easier. Finally, he slit the vent, slicing all the way up to the neck, careful not to slice too deeply. If he hit the intestines, he'd be left with a terrible mess. And he grabbed another fish and went through the same process. One for him, one for Debbie.

After Carlos removed the entrails and kidneys, Debbie took the gutted fish to the water and washed them. It was salt water, true, but it was the best she could do right now. Carlos took them back and put them back on the flat part of another log. He removed the heads. Then he turned the fish's spine towards him and cut above the backbone to fillet it. He worked the shell slowly, carefully through the length of his catch. Then he peeled where he cut through to slice off a fillet. When he was done, he had a pile of fillets ready to cook.

Then, Carlos penetrated the fish fillets with a stick and put them over the fire.

could

cooking equipment. Finally, after what seemed like forever, their bellies were growling, but the flesh of the fish had finally flaked, turning opaque. They were done and able

it was cooked, he

she asked worriedly and took a bite of the roast fish.

as fetching as ever. The look in his eyes

I'll never see Piggy again!"

you want to be

nodded. "Don't abandon

you?" He

heard a story. A couple were shipwrecked and trapped in a cave. They had no food. To

ocean. I'm not ready to make you into dinner just yet." Debbie contemplated what he said and added, "Yeah, I'd probably be tough and stringy. But if you got

threw her a glance. "Well, there is that... And I do like the way you

but she wasn't going to say anything. All it would do would cause problems, and all they had were

taste, but

the time they finished eating, it was dark. Debbie lay on the sand, looking at the starry sky. "Do you think they'll

her, also looking at the sky, Carlos said firmly, "Oh, I've got good friends. They'll

guess, Wesley would get the

be quiet and simple. They could set up a little hut, and it would be just

Piggy?" he

she became dispirited. "I miss

pause, Carlos asked, "Why didn't you marry Piggy's

And

the same question last time before her wedding. Now she was curious what made him think like that.

hit him like a slap. Hayden told him