In the middle of morning Anna sent Nicola and me up the steps of the lighthouse with a cup of coffee and a plate of cookies for Arturo. My legs were beginning to get sore as I lagged behind Nicola on the way up. When we entered the room at the top, Arturo made a big fuss over us, as if he hadn’t seen us for months. He kissed Nicola on the forehead again, took me over to the window and pointed distantly towards the horizon. I strained my eyes to see, but all I could see was water and sky. I was pretty sure that’s all that was there, though he was acting as if it were something extraordinary. On the way down the steps my legs hurt even more than going up. When we got to the bottom and entered the house, Hollie was wearing a hat! I had grown so sleepy all I wanted to do was return to the sub, submerge and crawl into my cozy bed. Instead, I ended up spending the afternoon with Nicola. Her parents seemed delighted she had company. We played cards, worked on an enormous jigsaw puzzle of a picture of horses, and she told me the names of many things in Portuguese.
What do You think about Journey To Atlantis (2009)?
