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We both over at the parking lot to see Cammy jumping into the truck, starting the ignition, and then speeding off out of the parking lot.
My jaw drops.
I have no clue what just happened.
"Where is she going?" I ask, hoping he knows something I don't and not that I've just been stranded here with him.
"Looks like Rita is rubbing off on my niece. I would say this is a firepit repeat."
I turn back to him quickly. "Why are they doing this?"
"You're going to have to go straight to the source with that question. I have an idea of why Rita is doing it, but I don't know how my niece got roped into it now too. Just tell Rita that you're getting back together with your ex. That should clear a few things up."
There's almost a sharpness to his voice at that last sentence.
"You don't have to take me fishing; I'll just call a rideshare to come get me. I warned Cammy before we left the restaurant that you wouldn't want me to tag along anyway."
I turn back towards the direction I came but I only take one step and then I hear his voice.
"She said you have a list."
Damn it, of course, he's going to bring that up.
"It's just a bucket list, and not something that you have any responsibility to help me accomplish. I can hire a guide to take me out. It's really not a big deal," I say, trying to let him off the hook.
Seven sighs loudly and then steps closer to the side of the boat and offers up his hand.
"Come on, let's get this over with. Rita and Cammy won't rest until they think they've done everything they can do to force us to spend time together. We'll give them what they want and prove they have it wrong."
There it is again.
He said it at the firepit, and now he's repeating it here. It's exactly what I expect him to say, and with Daniel coming home in a couple more weeks, the outcome makes the most sense. However, it doesn't stop my stomach from feeling a little queasy with disappointment every time he says it.
"Right, we'll prove them wrong," I say, sliding my hand into his.
His warm fingers wrap completely around mine, and then he pulls me in and guides me carefully into the boat.
As soon as I'm standing on the back deck Seven releases me immediately. Something catches my eye on the dock. I turn to see someone from the marina walk toward us.
"Are you ready, sir?" he asks.
"Yeah, we're ready."
Seven walks to the cockpit as the attendant unhooks the ropes and tosses them onboard. I take the couple steps up towards the cockpit and then walk along the side of the boat until I make it to the front where it looks like some kind of sundeck in the front of the boat. This boat couldn't have been cheap.
"Have a good day at sea," the man yells to Seven and then smiles at me.
Seven gives the man a quick wave and then starts to pull the boat out of the boat slip we're parked in.
I take a seat on the large, padded bench in the front of the boat while Seven moves us out into the open water.
"The spot we're headed to is over an hour from here," he yells over the wind and the engines.
I just nod instead of attempting to compete with the overbearing sounds all around us.
I turn towards the ocean, feeling the wind whip through my ponytail and watch under the visor of my hat as the vast ocean surrounds us the further away from land that we get.
The beauty and the serenity of it might be just what I need today.
