Chapter 6Billie glides through the surf with graceful arms, face up doing backstrokes in a meditative rhythm. It's almost twilight, just before the sun fully sets on the horizon, her favorite time of day. There is not a soul on the beach on this unseasonably warm April day. Isaac is at work and will be for a few more hours. Neighbors have finished their afternoon of sailing and boats are docked by the pier dozens of yards from where she swims. Even though she is six months pregnant, she never misses a day, not just to keep in shape but to give her boy - yes, it's a boy as predicted - an affinity with the ocean, its power and its serenity.
After several pregnancies and miscarriages, Isaac and Billie had all but given up hope that they would ever have a child. Disappointed, Isaac immersed h
