Jane looked a little put out by the Capri-Sun she handed him.
She just rolled her eyes. "I didn't pack the portable tea kettle. Deal with it."
Jaden pushed his drink of Jane. "Uncle Patrick, can you open this?"
Lisbon hid her smile as she watched him comply without batting an eye. He really would have been a good father.
After they let their food settle Lisbon joined the children at the water while Jane chose to stay behind. They were actually there to see her after all.
He picked up her paperback but his attention span couldn't hold for more than a minute. He decided to people watch instead.
A young couple directly beside him some distance enough to feel private were whispering and touching hands. He was impatient about having sex, she was wanting to make sure it was love. Jane knew she was going to give in tonight for fear of losing him. It would only stall him by weeks.
A family unit to the left, diagonal was much more interesting. Three kids from sixteen to six ran in and out of the picture as they played in the ocean. The parents seemed well practiced at keeping a good face in front of the children but once they were gone they were in throes of a full blown fight. Jane couldn't hear their angered, whispered words but he could give them their dialogue. She was worried about their marriage, about infidelity as she fiddled with her gold band. He had no ring and was saying she worried too much about nothing. Jane knew she had plenty to worry about.
The twenty something with the bright blue beach blanket were honeymooners.
A woman in a pink bikini was wondering how to tell her husband she was pregnant with their first child.
An older man having an affair with his student.
And...he blinked at eyes that looked back. Oh. A woman interested in him. He flashed an easy smile at her before running his eyes down the shore to find Lisbon.
There she was in a green suit- he had to admit the one piece didn't surprise him although how she looked in it did. She had his in her drab wardrobe at work but now he knew she would never be hidden again.
The interested female had made her way up to him. "Great sandcastle," she told him with a pretty smile. "Did you build it yourself?"
"I had some help," he admitted before waving to his boss.
She waved back then had the kids wave to seal the deal.
The woman looked slightly disappointed but looked good-natured. "Should have know. Is she the lucky one or are you?"
Jane snorted. "If you could convince her she is, my life would be so much easier." Without waiting for her to answer he stretched out on the mat and pretended to go into a drowsy nap until he was blissfully alone again.