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my anger out on." She squeezed her eyes shut and let out a scream. “How is this happening? It’s like we’ve been set up.”
"Maybe it's not such a bad thing though." Phil tipped her chin upward with his thumb. "I can vouch for the fact that a life without all that crime is a peaceful life."
Kathryn felt herself melting into Phil. His concern poured over her and sifted away her sadness, like the ocean carried away the sand on the shore. "But I don't have anything else but law. And Sadie. You have a great life here." She motioned to the water and the town a mile away.
Phil let go of her chin. "Kathryn, I promise you God has something better in store for you. I know it hurts to be removed from the case, but ride the tide."
"What?" She scrunched up her face.
"Ride the tide. Go with it. Let it take you to new places."
"Is that what you're going to do?"
"I'm going to stay right here with you. And I'm going to call my cousin later and tell him I won't represent Uncle Louie." He smoothed the hair away from her face. "How about we get our minds off this ridiculous distraction and I take you for a picnic on my boat?"
"A picnic? On your boat? I—I don't know." She popped her right hip out and twisted the toe of her left foot in the sand again.
"You're on vacation now. Remember?"
Kathryn laughed. "I guess you're right."
"Do you want me to pick you up in my boat or do you want to come back over to my house?"
"I'll meet you at your house."
"Still not ready to trust me, huh?"
"I'm getting there."
Chapter Seven
Kathryn had started the day with a hunt for local gossip at church, ended up at lunch with Phil, was dismissed from her case, and now she was going boating and picnicking with a man with whom she had too many forbidden connections. No one could accuse her of living a boring life now. She'd always expected the unexpected, but this day produced a roller coaster high even in her.
Kathryn fed Sadie and checked her water bowl. She grabbed a sandwich baggie out of the drawer and zipped her cell phone into it. In case the boat turned over, she'd spare her phone from destruction.
She changed into her white-and-navy floral halter-top sundress. She'd wear her swimsuit underneath it, but she wasn't getting into that water with sharks and marshy sea grasses and who-knows-what-else.
"Sadie, I'll be back in a bit." Sadie tucked her ears and whimpered. "I'm going out with Phil." She reached for the remote and turned on cartoons to keep Sadie company until she returned. She slipped on her white rhinestone-clad, braided sandals and headed out the door with her keys and phone in hand.
It took a brief two minutes to arrive at Phil's house, where she rolled her Honda in place behind his SUV. Her gaze trailed along the white railing up the stairs to the porch and found Phil leaning against a post waiting on her. Dressed in white drawstring cotton pants and a black button-down short-sleeved top, he slid his sunglasses away from his face and grinned. Her attention froze on his face, and her heart jumped to her throat. Phil wasn't wearing his glasses again, and he'd shaven off his beard. From his spot above her, a strong jaw and full smile greeted her.
"What have I gotten myself into?" She climbed out of her car and made her way to the stairs. "Hey."
"Hi there. You want to come up and see the place or are you ready to hit the water?"
"Well, if you're ready, I'm ready. I think." She giggled. "Actually, I'm pretty terrified to get out there in a boat."
"Have you never been in a boat before?"
She tucked her phone and keys into her skirt pocket. “Living out in the country, I’ve gone tubing on a lake and ridden in a boat many times. But I’ve never been on a boat in the ocean.”
"Well, I promise to be the best captain you've ever had then." He lifted a red cooler off the deck. "If we get out there now, we'll have plenty of time to tour around before the tide goes out."
Kathryn grimaced. "We can get stuck?"
"Not likely.
"Maybe it's not such a bad thing though." Phil tipped her chin upward with his thumb. "I can vouch for the fact that a life without all that crime is a peaceful life."
Kathryn felt herself melting into Phil. His concern poured over her and sifted away her sadness, like the ocean carried away the sand on the shore. "But I don't have anything else but law. And Sadie. You have a great life here." She motioned to the water and the town a mile away.
Phil let go of her chin. "Kathryn, I promise you God has something better in store for you. I know it hurts to be removed from the case, but ride the tide."
"What?" She scrunched up her face.
"Ride the tide. Go with it. Let it take you to new places."
"Is that what you're going to do?"
"I'm going to stay right here with you. And I'm going to call my cousin later and tell him I won't represent Uncle Louie." He smoothed the hair away from her face. "How about we get our minds off this ridiculous distraction and I take you for a picnic on my boat?"
"A picnic? On your boat? I—I don't know." She popped her right hip out and twisted the toe of her left foot in the sand again.
"You're on vacation now. Remember?"
Kathryn laughed. "I guess you're right."
"Do you want me to pick you up in my boat or do you want to come back over to my house?"
"I'll meet you at your house."
"Still not ready to trust me, huh?"
"I'm getting there."
Chapter Seven
Kathryn had started the day with a hunt for local gossip at church, ended up at lunch with Phil, was dismissed from her case, and now she was going boating and picnicking with a man with whom she had too many forbidden connections. No one could accuse her of living a boring life now. She'd always expected the unexpected, but this day produced a roller coaster high even in her.
Kathryn fed Sadie and checked her water bowl. She grabbed a sandwich baggie out of the drawer and zipped her cell phone into it. In case the boat turned over, she'd spare her phone from destruction.
She changed into her white-and-navy floral halter-top sundress. She'd wear her swimsuit underneath it, but she wasn't getting into that water with sharks and marshy sea grasses and who-knows-what-else.
"Sadie, I'll be back in a bit." Sadie tucked her ears and whimpered. "I'm going out with Phil." She reached for the remote and turned on cartoons to keep Sadie company until she returned. She slipped on her white rhinestone-clad, braided sandals and headed out the door with her keys and phone in hand.
It took a brief two minutes to arrive at Phil's house, where she rolled her Honda in place behind his SUV. Her gaze trailed along the white railing up the stairs to the porch and found Phil leaning against a post waiting on her. Dressed in white drawstring cotton pants and a black button-down short-sleeved top, he slid his sunglasses away from his face and grinned. Her attention froze on his face, and her heart jumped to her throat. Phil wasn't wearing his glasses again, and he'd shaven off his beard. From his spot above her, a strong jaw and full smile greeted her.
"What have I gotten myself into?" She climbed out of her car and made her way to the stairs. "Hey."
"Hi there. You want to come up and see the place or are you ready to hit the water?"
"Well, if you're ready, I'm ready. I think." She giggled. "Actually, I'm pretty terrified to get out there in a boat."
"Have you never been in a boat before?"
She tucked her phone and keys into her skirt pocket. “Living out in the country, I’ve gone tubing on a lake and ridden in a boat many times. But I’ve never been on a boat in the ocean.”
"Well, I promise to be the best captain you've ever had then." He lifted a red cooler off the deck. "If we get out there now, we'll have plenty of time to tour around before the tide goes out."
Kathryn grimaced. "We can get stuck?"
"Not likely.
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