Return to Doll Island by Ocean

Author:Ocean
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: series, Supernatural Mystery
Publisher: Ocean’s Edge Publishing
Published: 2019-05-30T23:00:00+00:00

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Key West here we come

Before Rosie could right herself, she watched as in one swift and miraculous movement Devin leapt up, retrieved the book and reached a hand toward Rosie. Rosie locked wrists with her, and with a strength that Rosie could not fathom, Devin yanked Rosie to her feet and tossed both her and the book into the square case.

Rosie's veil got caught on a broken part of the zipper and although her body was in the bag, her head hung outside it. The veil tugged her hair.

"Ow, Devin, help. I'm stuck!"

Devin tugged at the veil and it tore, releasing Rosie, who fell into the dark interior of the case.

After jumping in herself, Devin re-zipped the bag, closing it just as the man’s hand grabbed the handle, and he hoisted it onto his shoulder. Devin and Rosie bounced against each other as he walked up the plank and onto the boat.

Rosie clutched the book to her chest and settled in, leaning against Devin for the long boat ride back to the States.

“These darn nun outfits,” Rosie said. “We’ve got to get out of them and get into some decent clothes.”

“I agree,” Devin said. “But it’s not exactly easy finding sweatshirts and sneakers in our size right now. Besides, the black outfit comes in handy when we’re trying to stay hidden in the night. Think of it as kind of like a ninja outfit.”

Rosie chuckled. “Ninja outfit,” she repeated. “That’s an interesting way to look at it.”

They rode for quite a while in silence, gently swaying back and forth with the rhythm of the boat. Other than the constant droning of the engine, there were no other noises.

Something had captured Rosie’s attention, thoughts she couldn’t ignore. Finally, she asked Devin.

“How do you do it?”

“Do what?” Devin said.

“Find the superhuman strength to do things that you do sometimes. Like what you did when I tripped back there and dropped the book. You practically flew through the air, scooped both the book and me up in one super Wonder Woman movement and tossed us all into this bag. I mean, it was like something out of a movie.”

A light laugh floated from Devin. “Oh, you’re exaggerating.”

“No, Devin. I’m not. I’m serious. I’ve seen you do things, that seem, I don’t know, like something a non-human would do.”

“Well, I’m not human now, technically. I mean, we’re dolls. I’ve been called a doll before by women, but they didn’t mean it this way.”

“You know what I mean. Even when you were human, back on the island. How do you do it? Find the strength, the courage?”

“I can’t say for sure. It’s just in me. It’s something inside. When I need to do something, even if I’m afraid I can’t do it or I’ll fail, I take a deep breath and say to myself, ‘You have to do this.’ ‘You can do this.’ Then I try to do it. Somehow, it always seems to work out.”

“That’s amazing,” Rosie said. “I can’t imagine having that much confidence in yourself.

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