The next day, because a few men had caught fish at the pier they had visited the day before, Kevin told them they had to get there early if they wanted to catch a good haul that day. Catie told him she thought she would spend the day at the local beach, which was only a few hundred meters from where they were staying. Kevin didn’t stop in his preparations but asked that if she was home in time, she could perhaps make some of her potato salad which he loved, for their barbecue that night. Catie agreed and saw them out the door, hearing Bryan’s chattering little voice for quite a while after they were out of sight.
Catie packed her beach bag with sun tan lotion, the book she had started and got into her bikini and beach cover up, and walked down to the beach. It was still fairly early, and
