Chapter 35: More to the Story

Being another warm sunny day in LA, it was perfect for a swim. Cups and trash littered the yard and area around the pool. The bushes appeared battered, leaves and twigs scattered on the ground. I could hear birds chirping as the water looked placid in the afternoon sun. Except for the bushes and debris, it was hard to believe so many people had partied in that pool the night before.

We practiced Luke’s freestyle and then started to dive for rings, that time at the deepest depth. Luke struggled to get all the way down to the bottom at 10 ft., the depth in which he had actually saved me the night before. Thinking about those moments struggling underwater made me shutter. If it hadn’t been for Luke, my hero, I don’t know what would have happened.

How long would I have had to wait for Daniel to realize something was wrong? I’d have to tease him about it later, I thought. Maybe I could even get him to owe me a favor for once instead of the other way around.