C4 antho - Chamber Four

The Next Thing on Benefit ~243~
“I will.”...
“All right, then.”
Sharon turned and walked quickly back around the
gallery to their room. She went through the room and out
onto the veranda in front. Munro was waiting for her, sitting
in a chair. He got to his feet when Sharon came onto the veranda.
He took her in his arms.
“Where have you been?” Munro asked her.
“Looking around.”
“What do you think?”
“It’s really quiet.”
“It’s meant to be quiet.”
“So, where are the other guests?”
“Guests?”
“This is your island, isn’t it?” Sharon asked. “It belongs
to you.”
“You might say that,” said Munro.
“I might say that? What would you say? If it isn’t yours,
whose is it, would you say?”
“I’d say it was ours.”
“Ours?”
“Yours and mine,” said Munro. “For the time being. For
the present. For what it’s worth.”
* * * *
Sharon sat beside Munro on the beach. They sat on low
canvas chairs. At noon the wind had come back. It was an
onshore wind; it blew into their faces, stiffening. Sharon
wore a wide straw sun hat, and she had to keep putting her