The door creaked open and a shy Igor entered with a big rainbow conch.
“Mirabelle, I have come back for you!”
“Igor! How, what …” Mirabelle and Adeline gasped, lost for words.
“I jumped overboard the ship after I stole this miraculous conch and swam back…”
Before he could say the rest, Adeline jumped on her feet and slapped his face.
Then Mirabelle’s turn, three times.
The door creaked close like a laughing seagull.