One week later
Not far from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
 

She walked slowly on the desolate beach, her feet swallowed up by the cool teal water with every crunching wave. It was dusk, the time she favored most on the beach. The sun had bid the sea farewell and said goodnight to the darkening sky with one last kiss of brilliant color.

She looked up and spotted the peeking winks of a few new coming stars. She walked up to the softer, drier sand and eased herself down into it's thick white cushions.

Dull pain tried to shoot through her from her injured shoulder, but she repositioned quickly, stifling the pain. She drew her knees up and rested her good arm on them, while her other arm remained snug in a sling.

The bullet from her sister's Derringer had torn quite a little hole in her, a painful reminder of Jay's failed attempt to kill Erin McKenzie.

Pain of a different sort shot through her as the blonde's face entered her mind. She had seen the hurt in her eyes, the distrust, the cold distance. She shivered as those painful images blew in with the sea breeze.

She heard her sister's voice from behind calling her name. But when she turned she found she was alone, the wind playing cruel tricks in her ear. She stared out at the sea, her mind drifting to Jay, wondering where she was. And wondering still, if Erin had indeed told.

As she sat and watched the mysterious sea giving and taking with every wave, she silently hoped that her sister was safe and that Erin McKenzie had decided to keep her identity a secret, choosing, like the sea, to take it back out with her.
 

The End
 

A note from the author:
I just want to take the time to sincerely thank everyone for hanging in there with me while I finished this up. My most sincere thanks to C.W. who did her best to encourage me and help guide me. Without her, I would’ve never finished the story and I would’ve never submitted it for the world to read.

I would also like to thank you all for your emails and your words of encouragement. If there is a demand for it, I’m willing to continue this story with a sequel. Please email me with any comments and thoughts. I would love to know what you thought of the story.

Again, my sincere thanks.

Sincerely,
Ronica
Email: midnitenyx@aol.com