They'd had a lovely breakfast together and Ben saw them all off. He went back to the room and spent a couple of hours working on his laptop on the balcony. Then he shut it down and looked out at the beautiful day. He decided he'd go for a walk along the beach but he brought his cell phone in case his financial advisor or Gabriella needed to reach him.

He walked along the beach for about an hour and passed a few different resorts along the way. There weren't too many people out on the sand at this time but he did see quite a few people surfing. He...