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a campsite close to the bridge. Their parents can’t work, not legally, anyway. I see them every time I come onto the mainland, walking on the road.’
    They walked side by side down the yellow-paved street and he watched them until they disappeared around a corner.
    ‘Where are they going?’ Selina asked.
    ‘Into town.’
    ‘To beg?’
    Alex swung open the door to the builder’s merchant and held it open for her to go inside. ‘Maybe.’
    ‘But they’re so young,’ she said as she passed by him and, for the first time, it seemed as though her hard shell had cracked a bit.
    ‘Yep, they are.’
     
    After an exchange in pigeon-Spanish, Alex and Selina left the shop with the paint and headed back to the moped. He climbed on and looked at her, waiting for her to get on behind him but she didn’t.
    ‘What?’ he asked, warily.
    ‘Why did you give the kids a lift?’
    ‘Because they’re just kids. It would’ve taken them twenty minutes to walk and it’s only two minutes on the moped.’
    Selina nodded but didn’t say anything back as she sat behind him. She didn’t seem impressed, but what else was he supposed to do? It wasn’t the kid’s fault that they’d ended up here and he’d never be able to forgive himself if he’d have just ridden past them.
    ‘It was a nice thing to do,’ she said, and Alex’s eyebrows shot up. Did she just pay him a compliment?
    He hadn’t done it to seem nice , but he smiled a little as he put the key in the ignition. It had been a long time since anyone had used that word in connection with him. It felt good to hear it. Maybe things really were changing after all.
     

Chapter Four
     
    Selina thumbed the space on her middle finger where her ring would usually be. After coming back from Canderas, she’d expected to find it by the sink but it was nowhere to be seen. She crossed the field to return to the tomato plants, hoping it was there and looked up at the sky. It had turned a moody shade of grey and the wind had picked up. It reminded her of those few seconds before a downpour back at home, but this was Ibiza. It had never rained on her past holidays here, not once, and she hoped it wouldn’t start now. As she got closer, she saw Penny’s slight frame, crouching by the zucchini plants. She could recognise her anywhere with those green feathers in her hair.
    ‘Hi, Penny.’
    ‘Ah, there you are,’ Penny replied as she stood up. ‘I was looking for you.’
    ‘Sorry. Alex asked if I wanted to go into town with him and -’
    Penny waved a hand and smiled. ‘No need to apologise. I just wanted to see if you fancied a cup of tea, that’s all. We haven’t had much of a chance to talk.’
    Selina nodded. ‘That would be lovely.’
    ‘Oh, good. And is this yours?’ Penny held out her hand.
    ‘Yes, it is. I thought I’d lost it.’ Selina smiled with relief and took the ring, feeling its familiar weight in her hand. It wasn’t even expensive but there was something she loved about the red oval stone, set in aged silver and her finger felt naked without it. As she slipped it on, a low rumble of thunder echoed through the sky.
    Penny shivered. ‘It’ll start tipping down any second. Come on, I’ll stick the kettle on.’
     
    By the time they reached Penny’s bungalow, the sky was completely clouded over and the rain had started to fall. Instead of running for the last few metres like Penny had, Selina walked across the clearing, feeling the cool, heavy droplets of rain hitting her skin. After the blazing sun, it was welcome relief and there was something almost dreamlike about rainfall with thick, muggy air.
    When she reached Penny’s bungalow, she stood watching the rain fall from the sky. Despite living in London where it often felt like it rained all the time, she’d never stopped to watch it before. Back home, it was always just an inconvenience and she’d pop open her umbrella straight away.
    ‘It’s a good thing you went to Canderas when you did,