Valverde Maclean
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True Paradise is a place we must find within ourselves. The Paradise we are sometimes fortunate to see around us can be a mirage, perhaps even a dangerous place. Some travellers seek to find a new and better life, but our pasts have a way of catching up with us. Anyway, at midnight, no airport is a paradise, not even one in Tahiti.
It was just after sunrise when a fisherman noticed a red bundle on the sand. His curiosity was awakened and he had gone closer to investigate. It was then that he realised the bundle was a woman in a red dress. It was too late. The woman was dead.
Perhaps Gabrielle, their lives are not so different. People are still people. They love, and hate. They have jealousies and rivalries. They share, they worry for their families. They struggle for a living. Certainly the rich have comforts that the poor do not have, but riches may not bring happiness. Happiness is something we must find in ourselves.”
“We all have secrets. Secrets that we hope will remain hidden or, hopefully be forgotten. Secrets that only re-emerged because the group was brought together again. Sometimes our actions have unexpected consequences.”