Chapter Fourteen
An exclamation from Elizabeth had him looking into the rock pool she was pointing to. “Look. I’ve found a crab.”
Elizabeth glanced at him from between strands of wind-tussled hair. He peered over Madeline’s shoulder to see a small sand crab no bigger than a fifty cent coin.
“Do you want me to pick it up for you?”
“Yes, Daddy.”
Elizabeth nodded but looked doubtfully at the crab. “Is it okay if we take it out of the water?”
“It’ll be fine for a little while. We’ll put it back after we take a look at it.” He wanted to show both the girls the crab up close. His daughter would be fascinated, and he wanted to make Elizabeth’s time at the beach special too. He glanced at his daughter. “We can’t keep him though, Madeline, okay?”
She nodded and looked expectantly into the wa
