She thought about reaching for her book, yet her arm never seemed to make it off the duvet. It was still very early—just before six—but she had to get up soon, because she was due to take a catamaran cruise down the western side of the island, with various stop-offs to see the most popular tourist destinations. This day couldn’t feel less like Christmas Eve if it tried. Usually the twenty-fourth was a day of panic, of last-minute shopping, preparation, racing against the clock and then crashing into bed some time after midnight. She got up and started to pack everything she’d need into a beach bag. However, when she opened her chest of drawers to pull out her sensible black one-piece, the red bikini winked at her. It would be much cooler than the costume in this humidity... Without stopping to talk herself out of it, she yanked the tiny red top and bottoms out of the drawer and put them on. She could always cover up with a T-shirt when she went swimming.
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