“What do you want for lunch later, Caty?” Nelly asked, approaching from the shore with two empty coffee thermoses in hand. “The two boats brought in a ton of jumbo shrimp, and Ser Phill told me to take some home. You want sour shrimp soup?”She turned from where she’d been soaking her feet in the wa
She smiled at the last word. Nelly just described the old me, she thought. “But I’m not curvy and definitely not huge.”Nelly didn’t skip a beat; she pointed directly at her chest. “Those are.”She burst out laughing. “You’re crazy, Nelly. Keep talking like that and I’m dragging you with me to Amer
Calley scowled as she looked down at the fishing net. It was so tangled, she felt like her brain had tied itself into knots just staring at it.“Work on what, exactly?” she asked, her gaze snapping back to Phillian, who looked far too serious for this hour of the morning.“Untangle that net. Nelly k
Nelly was lucky to be loved like that…“Here you go, love,” Nelly added, grabbing the basket from her and handing it to her boyfriend. “Go call the rest of the team and dig in.”“Thanks, love. Talk later, okay?” Ambong winked, making Nelly giggle uncontrollably.After Ambong left, Nelly turned to he
“Is that the shed?” Calley asked Nelly as they reached the coastline where Phillian’s shed stood; the one he supposedly spent most of his mornings in.It was just eight in the morning, and Nelly had invited her to walk down to the beach to bring breakfast to the fishermen who worked for Phillian. N
“Are you okay, though?”“Yes. Thank you for asking. I just wanted to check in and let you know I’m okay.”“I’m glad you called. I’ve been thinking about you a lot these past few days…”Her smile deepened. Marrying Daniel didn’t seem like such a bad idea. He was kind, soft-spoken, good-looking, and m