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It took days for the storm to blow itself out. Miguel, our overseer and jailer, had managed to salvage what he could from the storm damage and had patched things up as best he could.
Annabel and I sensed Miguel’s unease. We’d hear him trying the radio, the aerial now found and reattached, but getting no response. We kept our distance, but we could tell things were not going well. He’d warned us to stay to our end of the island, but since the discovery of the graves we’d felt increasingly uncomfortable.
Five neatly arranged graves. No markers. Just the earth piled in that unmistakeable way. Now the island took on a far more sinister nature, the gravity of our situation brought home to us. Meanwhile, Miguel continued with a little forced affability, unaware we’d been inside his house as the storm had subsided. We took pains to avoid contact with him now.
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