Esther lurched to her feet. “Thank God. Let's eat.”
lily wrestled through a long and sleepless night. Finally, around dawn, she gave up and went out onto the porch to watch the sunrise. As soon as the sun was up, she called Eric, but there was no answer; and somehow, that made her feel even lonelier. She wheeled herself back out to the porch.
It was low tide now. The shy water had drawn back, revealing a wide swatch of glistening, pebbled shoreline.
She remembered so many times on that beach, gathering oysters, clams, and geoducks with Rand's father for a Sunday barbecue.
I had forgotten you.
lily had known that Esther blamed her; hated her. But to have forgotten her?
lily leaned back in her chair; sighing tiredly. Esther was right. Esther, with her fire, her anger; her chipped shoul
