A few minutes later he, like his boat, slipped beneath the waves. Samantha stopped her furious attempts at swimming, her entire body going numb. A wave carried her back to the shore, flinging her onto the sand.
She wasn't sure how long she lay there before she felt a hand on her back. "Samantha?" Prudence asked. "Are you all right?"
Samantha's voice was too choked by tears to say anything. She only latched onto her friend, pressing her close in a hug. "It's all right," Prudence said, but Samantha knew it wasn't.