Page 44 of Paradise & Vodka

"We're waiting to see what happens," the driver stated.

"What happens with what?" I questioned and looked out at the water in the distance. The massive wave had risen the ocean, and it appeared that everything that was on the coast was now underwater.

This wasn't how I wanted to spend my last day in paradise, that was for damn sure.

"If another wave is coming," he replied.

There were gasps, and my eyes widened, looking at Ashleigh. "There could be more?" she asked.

I shook my head and sighed. I had no fucking clue how tsunamis worked other than it was a large wave from the ocean, and we had witnessed that shit already.

"It's possible," the driver said. "I'll be back."

"You'll be back?" most of us questioned at the same time.

"I need to go check on my family. We live on this side of the island."

"You're just going to leave us on the side of the fucking road?" I argued.

"There's nowhere else to go. You'll be safe up here."

"When will you be back?" a woman asked.

"Soon." He got onto the bus, closed the door, and then drove away with our luggage.

"What if he doesn't come back?" Ashleigh wondered.

"We could walk to another part of the island," someone said.

"What if there's a tsunami on that side?" another person questioned.

"You all realize that he just drove off with our belongings, right?" I inquired.

"What the fuck?" a man groaned.

"He better be back," another man stated. "I need the medication in my bag."

"And if he doesn't?" Ashleigh asked again.

No one replied because we didn't know. Not only had a tsunami possibly washed away our bures, but we were now stranded on the side of the road on a mountain or some shit.

I pulled my cell out of my pocket, noticing that I had no service. "Anyone have cell service?"

There were head shakes and denials all around.

"They probably turned off power because of the tsunami," someone stated.

"For the entire island?" I questioned. "The driver had service when we left the hotel."

"That was before the tsunami hit," someone else pointed out.

That was true.

Since I didn't know how tsunamis worked, I wasn't sure if there were more of them than the one we saw, if the ocean had risen on every shore of the island, or if only our side was affected. Maybe they turned off power to the towers in case there was another wave and they didn't want it to cause some sort of fire.

"We just wait here?" a lady asked.

"That's what the driver said to do," someone replied.