“Well, I guess we know who the fish whisperer of this outing is,” he remarked. He lowered his trout into the water, and the fish took off with a thrash of its tail. “Nice catch, Beth.”
They’d been fishing for forty-five minutes when June and Aelissm showed up. Delightfully, Beth’s quiet time with Nick turned into joking and laughter as the four of them fished together. Their evening took a decidedly rowdy turn when Henry and Aaron showed up after football practice. Since the sun was nearly to the tops of the western hills, Nick and Beth set aside their fishing poles to get dinner started. While Nick got the coals going, Beth took the six trout to the cleaning station.
When she returned, Nick grinned at her. “Michelle always made me clean the trout.”
“So?”
“Technically, that makes you a
