Alex is working as a ball boy whilst Sabina is working as a ball girl at the Wimbledon Tennis Championship (at the beginning of the novel), and they became instant friends. However Sabina soon became suspicious when Alex has to leave the tennis championships early, and even more so when he then dissapears for weeks on a mission later on the book. Sabina invites him on a holiday with her and her parents in Cornwall after the Wimbledon Championship is over. When they are there, things take a turn for the worse and Alex finds his life on the line again when he is being chased by while attempting to surf the “The Cribber" (a massive wave). Alex is knocked out by the wave and Sabina does CPR on him. After the incident Sabina kisses him saying that he is a cuter version of James Bond.