Building and rebuilding bonds

Corinna smiled and still decided not to share much. "I am sure we have a lot to talk about, so many more things we could learn about each other, and we will in time. I am just so happy to have you here. To know I have someone like you by my side." 

It seemed as if everyone wanted to say the right things today and give her a headache from all the crying. 

"I am happy too," she replied. 

"Well, the island is all to ourselves. Do you want to go to the beach?" 

Ravina nodded. 

They left the gates and walked down the hill, the breeze getting stronger as they neared the sea. They went and sat on the beach, the breeze whipping their hair back and the sound of the waves soothing to their ears. 

"How was your talk with Malachi?" Ravina asked. 

Corinna kept staring ahead as she replied, "I might have been harsh, but not just for the sake of it." 

"I understand you don't like him."