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sky.
     
    “In your glow, there’s mystery
    Beyond the stars above.
    For it is, in your moonlight,
    There is someone to love.”
     
    He continued to strum and hum as the flames and the fire slowly burned out.

 
     
     
    Chapter 5
     
     
    The next morning, Larina was in her flowing pajama bottoms and a cropped sweatshirt as she stood at the stove, making scrambled eggs and pancakes. She paused only to take sips from her steaming coffee. As she flipped a hotcake, there was a shuffling across the hardwood floors.
    “Good morning, Daddy.” She kissed his cheek as he sat at the table.
    “Good morning, dear.”
    She poured his coffee and brought the newspaper and his reading glasses.
    She teased him. “I’ll never understand why you still like a cumbersome paper when it’s all online now.”
    “Some things just go together. Papers and Sundays being one of them.”
    “Well, it’s rather charming to see a man who enjoys old traditions.”
    She placed a plate in front of him, and then she sat across the table with a plate of her own. Grant sat holding the paper in front of him as he read. Larina noticed he seemed totally engaged by the article. She sat quietly, with one elbow on the table, her index finger against her forehead. She quietly and delicately ate her meal.
    Grant lowered the paper and peered over the top of his glasses.
    He said, “You have something to share?”
    “Me? No I’m just eating here.”
    He gave her a side glance and lifted the paper again as he continued to read.
    “Okay, yes, I had hoped you might have something to share about Mother.”
    Grant folded and then placed his paper on the table.
    “Your mother is doing well, lovely as ever. She was happy to hear you had seen Case. Your mother wants nothing more than for you to be happy and your life to be full.”
    “Did you tell Mother I only met with him to care for his horse?”
    “Now why would I crush her hope like that?”
    “Well, I guess that’s good since it’s not entirely true after last night.”
    Grant put his mug down. “So you do have something to tell!”
    Larina blushed. “Sunmoon and I were planning a walk on the beach after breakfast. Would you like to join us?”
    Grant lifted and held his mug with both hands. “Yes, yes I would.”
    After they finished their meals, Larina gathered the plates, rinsed them, and placed them in the dishwasher, along with the pans she had used. They went to their respective suites and dressed for the day. Grant traditionally wore his khakis and white fisherman sweater. Larina was dressed in her cropped jeans and a cropped red sweater.
    They went by way of their private walk at the back of the property. The beach was empty, aside from the sandpipers and gulls. The wind howled on occasion, but still, the sun felt warm. Grant threw a stick out toward the water, and Sunmoon jumped in to fetch. As the three of them walked the sand, he continued this along the shoreline. Larina pushed her hair from her eyes as she spoke.
    “I know I’ve been a little confused as to where I belong. But I’ve decided I belong here.”
    “I’m happy to hear you say that.”
    A gull flew near and landed beside Larina. It walked with her a few feet down the beach.
    She bit her lip. “Daddy, you need to know. I told Case everything.”
    Grant smiled, though he did not speak, and just kept walking.
    She stopped to get his attention. “Daddy?”
    “I am glad to hear that. Case is the one I would tell, if I were to tell someone.”
    She waited for more, but there was no more to come. She scraped the sand with her own stick as they walked along. Soon Sunmoon came bouncing over to walk beside them.
    “Do you want to know what he said, or what he did when I told him?” she asked.
    “If you’d like to share, I’d like that very much.”
    “He took it really well. Not shocked as one should be.” She giggled nervously. “He said if there is anything we need to figure out, we’ll do it together.”
    “And you