"Save Daddy... Daddy..."
The little girl's quiet sobbing jolted me awake.
The next second, the sound of waves reached my ears.
The waves rolled in one after another, accompanied by the salty tang carried on the sea breeze.
Seabirds cried out across the sky, filling the air with life.
The sound of an engine shattered it all.
Its chugging was so loud and jarring that it became the most discordant note in the whole scene.
I opened my eyes in delighted surprise and felt the sea breeze rush over me.
The sunlight beat down on me, but the people beside me radiated even more heat.
"Hahaha! Little girl, why are you shrinking away? This is how you ride a speedboat—you let the wind blow through your hair! Come on, spread your arms! Come on!"
An unpleasant male voice came from beside me.
I felt the person I was possessing hunch up and press against the cold plastic.
"Hey, what are you doing? Don't pull my daughter!" a woman shrieked from behind us.
The men responded with unrestrained laughter.
I moved away from the person I was possessing.
My body floated into the air. As the speedboat raced forward, I looked down at what was happening aboard.
The man steering the boat was a foreigner. He seemed unable to understand our language and was focused on driving.
The man beside him, however, wore a smiling face and glanced back at the commotion with feigned interest.
The men on the boat were the same ones I'd seen in my earlier dream.
To be honest, they were wearing swim trunks and beach shirts, with sunglasses on. As far as their outfits went, they looked no different from ordinary tourists.
The girl and her mother had been separated, with the men between them. Both