Page 103 of The Explorer
Bunch of Nudists
Aubri
On the morning after our first night in the Motherlands, I got up early to spend a magical time with my husband. I was smiling and whistling as I came back from playing with Indiana in the ocean and washed the sand out of my hair using the outside showers.
“Good morning.”
The male voice made me turn to see Isaac come out from the small beach hut next to the one I shared with Freya and Harper. As usual, he was sporting a colorful outfit.
Still in my bathing suit, I turned toward him. “Good morning.”
“Do you have to whistle this early in the morning?”
“Did I wake you?”
“Oui.” He yawned. “Why are you so happy at six in the morning anyway?”
“Why are you so grumpy? You’re on a beach, Isaac, what’s not to enjoy? Indiana and I got up early to see the sunrise and swim for a while. You should try it tomorrow.”
He groaned and brushed both hands through his hair while yawning again. “It is nice, isn’t it?”
“Mm-hmm.” I was distracted when my wristband showed Sparrow was calling me. Turning off the water, I answered her call.
“Hey, what’s going on? You never call me this early.”
“I set my timer because I figured you would be busy with important meetings all day and something happened that Ihaveto talk to you about.”
“I’m all ears.” To get privacy, I walked back down to the water while finger brushing my newly washed hair with my free hand.
“It’s about Banni.”
“Look, if he’s trying to charm you into sleeping with him, you can tell him from me that he needs to back the fuck off.”
Sparrow’s face was small on the screen of my wristband, but I could tell she was biting her lip. Aiming for a beach chair standing close to the water, I held up my wristband and pushed a button. “Wait a minute, let me just bring you up so I can see you better.”
Sparrow’s upper body with her curly hair and expressive brown eyes was projected up in front of me.
“Damn, that’s a nice beach. Now you’re making me jealous. Is the water warm?”
“Yes and yes, but hurry up and tell me what’s going on with Banni. Is he hurt?”
“No, he’s fine. But something weird happened and I wanted to ask you about it.”
“Then do it. I feel like you’re holding me in suspense and I’m curious.”
“Okay, okay. So, you know how we’re doing summer camps at the moment and my parents had invited Banni to come and talk about his work in France.”
“Yes, I know.”
“Well, there’s a girl here this week called…” She trailed off. “Argh, it doesn’t matter what the girl’s name is. The point is that her mom came to pick her up and she was talking and laughing with Banni.”
“Yes?”
“I swear I wasn’t eavesdropping, but I overheard some of their conversation and it was the most insane thing ever. The woman told him that she’s a widow and that she’d had heard about the French system where they sleep around without any concerns.”
“And?”
“And she invited him to come and visit her.”
