“It was just a little get together, it’s not what it sounds like.” Mrs. Longhorn shook her demure head nervously.
“How many months later was Reginald born?”
“Mother!” Mr. Longhorn bellowed. “Enough!”
Satisfied, the elder Mrs. Longhorn smiled and winked at Percy.
“Come on!” The crowd pressed.
“Let them get married!”
“How can you say no to love?”
Mrs. Longhorn gazed up at her husband. “We did have quite the adventures, didn’t we?”
Her husband’s expression softened. “We did. And I wouldn’t change a thing.”
He looked down at his daughter, who watched him hopefully.
“Only on one condition…” But before he could say anything else, Lilly Lou yelped and leapt into her father’s arms.
“Thank you, Papa! Thank you!”
***
He moved across the harbor quickly: searching, pushing and moving
