Molly stood in waist high water and leaned against her father's bare chest. She looked at the far side of the lake, overcome with fear. There were five of them: three girls and two boys. College-aged kids, jumping into the water. Shouting and splashing. Molly could see their parked car poking through the trees behind them.
Two days before, Molly would have been thrilled to see more young people at the lake and raced off to join them. Now, she felt separated from them by something far larger and imposing than an entire ocean. These were strangers intruding on her in a moment of vulnerability. They could only bring more trouble to her already endangered situation.
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