Borrowed Paradise

SERAFINA

Other days at the Island were for the sea. We took a small boat out past the shallows, the water impossibly blue beneath us. Dante learned how to snorkel, initially clinging to Dario before slowly letting go. I cheered when he finally swam on his own, his laughter muffled by the water, bubbles floating up around him.

We explored hidden coves, climbed smooth rocks warmed by the sun, and di