The Inflammable Secret

The water in the gulf was of a deep blue tone, which under the rays of the sun sent out blue-green reflections that were sprays of light.

The gulf was populated by a large number of people, families, friends, and Lovers having a good time in the water. Even Emily couldn't resist the temptation of the cool and cozy breeze in the gulf, she had always believed in the existence of mermaids ever since her dad, Benson C. Chapman, had her listen to the tales of mermaids he always tells her every night by the side of her fluffy bed.

She knew the news she heard about the existence of mermaids wasn't a rumor, so she jotted it down in her bucket list that she must meet a real mermaid someday before she dies.

Standing on the pale cream sand on the beach far away from the water, she wore tinted black sunglasses, in a black lacy bikini, her blonde hair swinging side to side by the cozy breeze that dominate the beach.

Her real mission in the gulf was to catch even the smallest glimpse of a real-life mermaid. She kept parading the area like it was her job. Emily Chapman was in her early twenties, she was married to a hunter but got divorced after she caught him cheating and lived in her father's house alsongside her sister Michelle.

"This is pointless, I've been waiting all morning and I haven't seen just the tail of even one fish" Emily soliloquy, heaving a sigh of disappointment. A seagull squeaked down on the still expanse of water, to soon after get up again in flight. Emily caught the glimpse of the seagull, and she felt a little bit of hope in seeing a mermaid in the gulf.

Shortly the mirror of the blue water began to stir rippling with increasingly thick waves. The citizens couldn't help but notice the waves, so they were in a panic state of mind as the waves became larger and larger by the second. The lifeguard evacuate the people out of the area, one of the lifeguards ran towards Emily and said "Ma'am ain't you gonna leave" He said catching his breath from the run she had. Still staring at the wave Emily replied to him

"Um, I'll be right behind you".

" Okay...".Everybody this way"He yelled on his way out.

After ten minutes the area was empty, only Emily took shelter in a bamboo wooden shop.

She came out of the shelter, her legs compressing and filling up with sand as she walked towards the water, to get a clearer view of the situation. The rays of the sun shone on her glass as she stared at the wavy water.

When appeared on the waves, a foam that looked like snow, the golden tail of a fish emerged from the expanse of the blue water.

"Shit!" Emily said, pulling her sunglasses off.

The water stirred as in a tidal wave and here that the head, the shoulders, and the arms appeared of a woman with a bruised face.