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Chapter 10
Annie looked around. She and Eyal had just gotten off the charter plane that had taken them from Dar Es Salam in Tanzania out to Stonetown in Zanzibar. It was warm and very humid. Golden beaches, bright blue ocean and numerous palm trees. Everything one would think to associate with a tropical island.
Annie was wearing a green floral dress and she was still using one of her crutches to get around. At present she was waiting outside the small airport for Eyal to finalize the paperwork of the rental car for Mr and Mrs Robert Brown from England. When Eyal finally came with the car, it was a small Toyota tazz. Annie rolled her eyes, "Fancy car…"
Eyal glanced at her after getting back into the car, "Well it was either this or one of three pick-ups that have seen better days."
As Eyal navigated the narrow streets, Annie spotted a small shop that sold some clothes. "Eyal, please stop here," Annie asked. Eyal stopped and watched Annie walk with her crutch to the small shop next to the road. Twenty minutes later and several street vendors politely waved off, Annie got back into the car with two blue plastic bags and a parcel wrapped in brown paper.
Eyal raised an eyebrow, "Do I want to know?" Annie rolled her eyes and watched as Eyal drove further away from the busy street. "I just picked up some clothes for us to blend in and not die of heat," Annie said.
They were heading to a small resort not far from Stonetown. The resort's cabins were either on land or you could get a cabin on a walkway that went into the ocean as far as two hundred meters. When Eyal finished getting a cabin for Mr and Mrs Brown, they went to their cabin that was a little bit away from the others, surrounded by palm trees, steps that end on the white sand, a view of the bright blue ocean and the rest of the gorgeous cove with high cliffs to the right of their cabin.
Annie was carrying the things she had bought with Eyal getting their bags, to the bedroom when she stopped in the door. Eyal came up behind her with the other bags, "Annie, would you mind moving?"
Annie stepped to the side and revealed what the problem was. One bed.
Joan took a sip of her tea. She was wearing a blue blouse and some white pants with her hair hanging loose around her shoulders. She looked over at Arthur who was still making calls even though their jet was but an hour from Zanzibar.
It's been about five minutes since Arthur finished his last call and Joan was busy staring out the window. Arthur looked over at his wife and frowned. She was hiding something from him, but what?
"Joan what are you not telling me?" Arthur asked as he went to sit across from Joan. Joan's blue eyes met his brown eyes, "What makes you think I'm keeping something from you?"
Arthur resisted the urge to roll his eyes, "You know whatever it is, you can tell me. As your husband." Joan smiled at Arthur before looking away again.
"Eyal, are you sure about sharing a bed?" Annie asked as she came out of the bathroom dressed in a light pink dress falling to her knees and leaning on her crutch. She slowly walked out their bedroom to the small veranda where Eyal was sitting with a book.
Eyal looked up at her and made sure to look at her eyes, "Annie, we've been over this. We're adults, we can handle sharing a bed. And it would be suspicious if a married couple asked for separate beds."
Annie gave Eyal a small smile and went to sit opposite him, "What do we do now that we're here?" She watched as a small frown appeared on Eyal's face.
"I'm waiting for some intel. In the mean time, your leg needs to heal because things will not be as calm as it is now for the foreseeable future," Eyal said, keeping eye contact with Annie.
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