Summary

Chapter 50 – After a couple of relaxed, playful days of beachside camping, during which the sexual and romantic tension between them continues to build, Burnette and Dottie are faced with a choice: stay and ride out the impending storm (which is going to keep the ferry from running for a couple of days), or leave on the next ferry and start making their way back to civilization. They decide to stay, and drunkenly ride out the storm in the cab of Burnette’s truck. The next morning, they wake to find the beach flooded. Dottie goes off exploring, gets caught in an unexpected wave, and struggles to stay afloat, but eventually makes it to shore, where she is held by Burnette. As they make love, Dottie finds herself flashing back to her childhood, in a church, and the last time she prayed...