Elly Campbell curved her lips in undeniable acknowledgment.
"Don't you like it?"
Adam Jones squinted at Elly, "I've learned a lot recently, and I've even created quite a few of my own. Do you want to hear them?"
"Yeah, of course."
Elly watched him with a smiling gaze, lowered her voice, and said,
"Let's go somewhere else. We don't want Harry Hall to learn our secrets."
Adam nodded, unable to deny her request.
He stood up without another word, promptly lifted Elly into his arms, and made his way to the other end of the cruise ship, toward a private world just for two.
As for Elly, the proverbial third wheel, she was, of course, left behind to be the light bulb for others.
At such times, Island Master Jones was known for his utter disregard for anyone else.
Harry Hall didn't realize that even though he had been with Helen Melendy for so many years, this was the first time he had said he liked her.
