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Cathy then goes to a local bar intending to sleep with another man as a way to get revenge against Michael for cheating on her. He then feels so guilty that Cathy immediately notices something is wrong, and he admits what he has done, insisting that he still loves Cathy.Ĭathy is naturally disturbed by this, but tells him to get it out of his system, which he takes as permission to return to Lina. One day, at the beach without Cathy, he gets his chance to talk to Lina and ends up starting an affair with her. Michael, who says he has never been with another woman, keeps noticing Lina Broussard, a French archaeologist on temporary assignment at the nearby Akrotiri excavation.
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She comments that everyone thinks she's "such a Goody Two-Shoes" but she wants a little more adventure and is yearning to rebel against her rather conservative Old money upbringing. When they visit a nude beach crowded with other young tourists, they are hesitant at first but find themselves getting caught up in the uninhibited energy that surrounds them.Ĭathy reads a book of sexual techniques, then ties Michael to the bed and drips candle wax on his chest. Michael sees it as a chance to enjoy one last crazy summer before going to work at his recently deceased father's business in the fall. They vacation for almost the entire summer (nine weeks.) on the Greek island of Santorini. Americans Michael Pappas and Cathy Featherstone, a young couple from Connecticut who have just graduated from college, have known each other about 10 years and have been together about half that time.