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Harper, but I’d picked up a couple for myself as well. Ellie had treated herself to a new pair of flip-flops and Levi bought a couple of T-shirts. Zak claimed he didn’t need anything but ended up sneaking away to buy me a pair of earrings with gold sea turtles dangling from gold posts that went with the necklace he’d bought me in Whalers Village.
Za k came over to sit down on the lounge behind me, positioning me between his legs and pulling me back so that I was leaning against his chest. I felt myself relax as his arms encircled my body and we both sat quietly watching the gentle surf roll toward shore. I love everything about Hawaii, but the evenings when the four of us relax and watch the sun set are turning out to be my favorite time of the day.
“Penny for your thought s,” Zak said after several minutes of communal silence.
“I was just thinking about what a good time I had shopping today,” I responded. “Thank you again for the earrings.” I touched the one on the left and twisted it between my fingers. “How was surfing?”
“It was fun. The waves were pretty mellow, but it’s been a while since I’ve surfed, so that was probably just as well. I’d really like to go diving tomorrow if you’re up for it.”
“Always. I thought we could talk to Pono about the wreck Malie mentioned when he gets here. If they ’re still up for it, I’d love to go on a treasure hunt.”
“Ellie said Malie called , and she and Pono will be here in a half hour or so. We can talk to them about it then. Did you ever call your mom?”
“I did.”
“What?” Zak asked.
I turned and looked at him. How could he possibly know something was going on from my simple answer to his question?
“I can tell by your tone of voice that s omething is up,” he said, as if he’d read my mind.
“It’s probably nothing,” I hedged.
Zak raised a single brow.
I repositioned my body so I was facing him. “Mom told me my dad was moving back into the guesthouse.”
For those of you who don’t know , my mom and dad aren’t married, in spite of the fact that they have two daughters born twenty-five years apart. In fact, up until a few months ago, they’d never lived together. When my dad found out that my mom was pregnant with Harper, they’d decided to buy a property with both a main and a guesthouse so they could raise her together yet each have their own space. They insisted they weren’t a couple, but I knew it was only a matter of time.
“Wasn’t that the original plan?” Zak reminded me.
“Yeah, but after he moved into the main house toward the end of Mom’s pregnancy and then stayed there for over two months after Harper was born, I thought he might make the main house his permanent residence.”
“He probably just wanted to be around to help your mom with Harper during those first difficult months,” Zak pointed out.
“I guess.” I sighed. “I don’t know what’s wrong with those two. Everyone else can see that they love each other. Why don’t they just get married and do away with the whole two-houses thing?”
Zak looked like he wanted to say something and then changed his mind. I watched as a myriad of emotions crossed his face before he finally spoke. “I guess people have their own timing when it comes to that type of thing. It’ll happen. You just have to be patient, even when every day that you’re patient eats away a bit of your soul.”
“ Eats away a bit of my soul? What’s with the drama?” I teased.
“It’s nothing .” Zak shrugged. “So did you find out about the cat?”
“ It turns out that the woman who lost her cat lives within a quarter mile of the campground where the dead squirrels have been turning up. My guess is that someone has left out poison for the animals. Jeremy is going to take Tank and Gunner there tomorrow and do a thorough search of the area.”
“Who would do something like that?” Zak wondered.
“People can be pretty clueless. We had an
Za k came over to sit down on the lounge behind me, positioning me between his legs and pulling me back so that I was leaning against his chest. I felt myself relax as his arms encircled my body and we both sat quietly watching the gentle surf roll toward shore. I love everything about Hawaii, but the evenings when the four of us relax and watch the sun set are turning out to be my favorite time of the day.
“Penny for your thought s,” Zak said after several minutes of communal silence.
“I was just thinking about what a good time I had shopping today,” I responded. “Thank you again for the earrings.” I touched the one on the left and twisted it between my fingers. “How was surfing?”
“It was fun. The waves were pretty mellow, but it’s been a while since I’ve surfed, so that was probably just as well. I’d really like to go diving tomorrow if you’re up for it.”
“Always. I thought we could talk to Pono about the wreck Malie mentioned when he gets here. If they ’re still up for it, I’d love to go on a treasure hunt.”
“Ellie said Malie called , and she and Pono will be here in a half hour or so. We can talk to them about it then. Did you ever call your mom?”
“I did.”
“What?” Zak asked.
I turned and looked at him. How could he possibly know something was going on from my simple answer to his question?
“I can tell by your tone of voice that s omething is up,” he said, as if he’d read my mind.
“It’s probably nothing,” I hedged.
Zak raised a single brow.
I repositioned my body so I was facing him. “Mom told me my dad was moving back into the guesthouse.”
For those of you who don’t know , my mom and dad aren’t married, in spite of the fact that they have two daughters born twenty-five years apart. In fact, up until a few months ago, they’d never lived together. When my dad found out that my mom was pregnant with Harper, they’d decided to buy a property with both a main and a guesthouse so they could raise her together yet each have their own space. They insisted they weren’t a couple, but I knew it was only a matter of time.
“Wasn’t that the original plan?” Zak reminded me.
“Yeah, but after he moved into the main house toward the end of Mom’s pregnancy and then stayed there for over two months after Harper was born, I thought he might make the main house his permanent residence.”
“He probably just wanted to be around to help your mom with Harper during those first difficult months,” Zak pointed out.
“I guess.” I sighed. “I don’t know what’s wrong with those two. Everyone else can see that they love each other. Why don’t they just get married and do away with the whole two-houses thing?”
Zak looked like he wanted to say something and then changed his mind. I watched as a myriad of emotions crossed his face before he finally spoke. “I guess people have their own timing when it comes to that type of thing. It’ll happen. You just have to be patient, even when every day that you’re patient eats away a bit of your soul.”
“ Eats away a bit of my soul? What’s with the drama?” I teased.
“It’s nothing .” Zak shrugged. “So did you find out about the cat?”
“ It turns out that the woman who lost her cat lives within a quarter mile of the campground where the dead squirrels have been turning up. My guess is that someone has left out poison for the animals. Jeremy is going to take Tank and Gunner there tomorrow and do a thorough search of the area.”
“Who would do something like that?” Zak wondered.
“People can be pretty clueless. We had an
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