A week later, Captain’s leg was healed. Eloise carried him back to the cove in the morning, when the tide was low and the sun was new. She set him down on the sand.
They made a bed in a cardboard box lined with old towels. Captain slept for eighteen hours. When he woke, he hopped experimentally around the bathroom, then sat on the bathmat and demanded lettuce. beachside bunnies
She walked the whole shoreline. Nothing. A week later, Captain’s leg was healed