‘They’re pretty,’ Diandra said. ‘She wants to show them off.’

‘Oh, dear,’ Vivienne whispered, staring at Erin. ‘Do you know your eyes are terribly bloodshot? Sorry, I guess you do.’ She put the sunglasses back in place.

‘It’s the chlorine from the pool,’ Adam said. I’ve got the same problem, look.’ He opened his eyes exaggeratedly, offering a view of a perfectly white pair of ocular globes, and the Andras hovered over him to check, agree, and gush over his supposedly sore eyes. ‘They say they have to do it to prevent infections, but I think they just want to annoy swimmers.’

‘Of course it is necessary,’ Spencer said, launching into a tedious speech about the issues of treating water in pools. He knew al...

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