The beach was covered in seaweed and broken shells. The tide had come right up to the bottom of the porch steps and gone back down, leaving a line of foam across the lawn.
The house was fine. Nile always built things to last.
I went to my bedroom and took the folded note out of the drawer of my nightstand, where I’d put it after the party.
I went out to the porch, where Cullen was sitting with a cup of coffee, looking at the water.
“You asked me
