Chapter 261

Becca had rendezvoused with Ami and they were both coming back our way.

“What’s up?” I asked.

“We need to get back,” Becca said, heading down into the dip in the landscape to help Leia get everything cleaned up.

I frowned and turned to Ami, taking her hand as I silently asked her the same question.

“I stayed on the boat and I heard movement and talking in Sherry’s room. I realized that they must have been getting hungry and were going to finally come out soon. I ... I don’t know what’s going to happen, Robbie, but when I realized you guys were still out here I decided you should both probably get back.”

I pulled her into a hug and kissed her forehead. She was still wearing that halter top bikini and had only put on a pair of running shoes, and I could only imagine what someone would have thought if they’d found her wandering the desert calling for us. “Thank you, baby,” I said.

“Of course,” she said, rubbing my back.

Leia and Becca came out to us carrying the bags, and I took them both and we started the short hike back. Part of me wanted to put a hustle on and race ahead, but that felt as wrong because it would be abandoning the girls. We made it back to the beach within about five minutes and I didn’t immediately hear screaming so I carried the equipment over and then waded back to carry Becca next, followed by Leia. Ami kicked off her shoes and carried them above the water as she waded over herself. The water was wonderfully cool and the heat of the day was quickly picking up.

Inside we found Zenya in the Singles Boat kitchen coordinating Wanda and Ginny in getting the lunch prep started. Becca immediately conferred with Zenya, while Wanda came to me and wrapped me up in a hug to pull my ear down to her level.

“They haven’t come out yet,” she whispered to me as I held her lightly. She was wearing a tight little sleeveless shirt and low-slung bikini bottoms along with a backwards cap. “Cass and Cattie are over in our room. I’m going to text them when there’s movement.”

“Thanks, darling,” I said and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

I made eye contact with Becca, blowing her a little kiss, before I slipped across to the Couples Boat. Heels was sitting in the living room and looked up from her phone as I entered. “Hey,” she said.

“Hey. Good shoot?”

“Got naked, masturbated in the desert, can’t complain,” she said.

I offered her a high five, not knowing what else to say, and she tapped it a little absently with a smirk. I left her there, trying not to think about what that video of Ginny and her getting themselves off would look like.

When I opened the door to our cabin I thought it was empty for a moment, but Terra peeked her head out of the bathroom and her smile brightened as she saw me. “It’s Robbie,” she said back into the bathroom and then stepped out. She stepped out, showing she was wearing a bikini with a bit of a thong bottom and a bandeau top that was struggling to keep her nipples from making clear bumps. She took my hand and went on her tiptoes to give me a peck, but led me to the door of the bathroom.

Inside, Cattie was at the central mirror and Cassidy was doing her makeup.

“Hey, Tiger,” Cassidy murmured, concentrating on her work.

“We’re getting Cattie done up for war,” Terra explained.

Part of me wanted to smirk and chuckle, but I knew they were being serious. Instead, I stepped in behind Cattie and gently moved her hair to the side and kissed her shoulder. “You look stunning, Catherine,” I murmured to her softly.

Cassidy pulled away to let Cattie turn to me. “Thank you, Tiger,” she said. She took my hands in hers. “But I need something from you.”