Asher turned his head and looked at her for two seconds, asking, "Do you like the sea?"
Eleanor realized he was talking to her, so she nodded. "Yes, it is beautiful."
However, Asher rubbed his brow and didn't continue the conversation.
Pittsburgh was inland and not by the sea, so Eleanor's glimpses of the sea were rare, often confined to vacations.
Both Eleanor and her mother loved the sea, and they had planned to buy a house by the sea after Eleanor graduated from college, but now that possibility was washed away with the tides.
Thinking of this, Eleanor became downcast.
Roy, sitting in the passenger seat, glanced at Eleanor and Asher through the rearview mirror. He thought for a moment before turning to Eleanor, "We're going to live in the newly built Seaview Hotel for the next two
