Orion's POV
She considered it with total seriousness.
"She's bad at swimming," Lily said.
"She is," I agreed. "Very bad. I'll deal with it."
She seemed satisfied.
I stood up. Samuel was watching me from a few feet away. I'd had twenty-two years to learn how to read that look on his face. He had something to say, and he'd decided the timing was wrong.
"Go after her," I said.
He raised an eyebrow. "I beg your pardon?"
"If you're going, go. Stop standing on pool decks looking like you're about to say something important."
Samuel was quiet a moment. "She needs to get Mia home," he said. "I'll drive them." He looked at me briefly. "Unless you have an objection."
I looked at him.
"And you intend to give her that reason."
"I intend to stay out of the way of whatever she decides," he s
