Page 146 of Love Overboard

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I’m not shaken by much these days.

PRODUCER

What did you think of Ember jumping in to save—

GISELLA

Oh,por favor.Are we really going to make this a thing? She saw someone go overboard so she jumped in. Any one of us would have done the same, it’s really not the big heroic act she’s trying to make it out to be.

PRODUCER

So, you didn’t see Maria go overboard?

Gisella pauses.

GISELLA

Of course not. Why, did someone say I did? I was helping Palmer with the drifting vessel situation. He can vouch for me.

PRODUCER

No one said anything.

GISELLA

Oh. Okay, good. Because I didn’t see.

PRODUCER

But you don’t think what Ember did was brave?

GISELLA

¿Crees que la voy a aplaudir?I’m not giving any kind of praise to the girl who pretended to be my friend while she was hooking up with my boyfriend.

PRODUCER

Finn claims you two broke up before he and Ember reconnected.

Gisella crosses legs, uncrosses them, stands.

GISELLA

Well, we didn’t.

PRODUCER

He also said you—

GISELLA

Haven’t you learned by now that everything out of that man’s mouth is a lie? I have to get to work.

Gisella exits.

Finn didn’t waste a second.

The blanket abandoned on deck, he grabbed my hand and tugged me toward the aft companionway, ducking low to avoid the mounted camera fixed to the overhead beam. I barely stifled a laugh as I followed, breath catching when we passed the bar — where Bernard’s voice floated out in a lazy hum, just a few steps away from spotting us.

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