Horizon Ridge You like to drink and to smoke to take away the pain

angry? he responded, frowning in puzzlement and glancing out toward the waves. they did look quite. . .well, fearsome, he supposed. but then, they'd looked that way when he had first seen the ocean, too. cam turned his eyes back to the girl, asking, how can you tell?

she looked far more familiar with the sea than he was. far more self-assured. that really reminded him of lana, and that had him caught between sadness and irritation. lana had always been keen to do her own thing and had never had much time for the boy with his head in the clouds. he hoped the stranger wasn't the same way.

his time here would be rather abbreviated if she turned out to be yet another snob.