These Summer Storms

Jack swims to meet Alice on shore, furious about her reckless jump off the moving boat. Alice commends his sailing skills. Jack reminds her that she should be more careful, and she notes that she doesn’t hate it when he tells her what to do. Jack explains that, though he worked for Storm Inc. for five years, he worked for Franklin longer and had a debt to pay. He assures Alice that he isn’t her “enemy” and insists that she admit the money means something to her. Alice says that when she and her father parted ways, he stopped providing financial support, and she has managed on her own since, happily and successfully. However, with the money, he also removed her access to her family, which was more hurtful. She knows her siblings resent her because she was the only one who left successfully and can survive on her own. She wishes they wanted her to stay because they love her, but she knows the truth: They need her for their self-preservation.

Jack jokes that Alice must have brought many men to this secluded island over the years. The truth is that though she has been here a lot, she was always alone.