Theo enjoyed holding Katie, and he liked even more that she didn’t jump out of his embrace when her daughter came back dripping wet. “Mom, I’m starving.”
“Then eat something.”
Heather opened the cooler they’d brought and started digging around.
“What did you make?” he asked her. He hadn’t thought past a towel, his sunglasses, and the sunscreen he’d found at a convenience store on the way over.
“Ham and cheese,” Heather said, holding up a sandwich. “And tuna with lettuce and tomato.” She pulled out another sandwich and kept that one, putting the ham and cheese back. Theo smiled at her as she took the beach chair in the sun.
“See? It’s not too bad, is it?” he asked.
“The water is choppy,” she said.
“I heard they’re doing a demo on petrified lightning later,” Theo said. He hadn’t heard
