Liam’s life could be better. He’s recovering from a divorce and a bitter custody battle, which he loses. He dearly loves his six-year-old son, Lucas, but seeing him every second weekend is never enough. His one salvation is the sea. When he’s sitting on the sand, watching the waves rolling in, he feels at peace, calmed and restored.<br><br>One day, the waves are particularly high, and the sea particularly rough. He’s surprised to see someone swimming in such choppy seas. When Liam calls out to the man, asking if he needs help, the man simply waves back. Liam thinks he must be an idiot. Little does he know the person he sees is no man, which he discovers two days later.<br><br>When they meet, Liam is both horrified and fascinated. His curiosity produces a strange attraction that changes their lives irreversibly forever.

The Sound of the Sea

Liam laughed and shook his head. “We can’t take all that. Choose a couple of things and leave the rest on the table. We can put them away when we get home.”


“Perhaps we can stay here then and you can play with it all in the living room.”


Lucas screwed up his face. He knew he couldn’t win. He put the dinosaur and beach ball on the table. “I won’t have half as much fun now.”


“We’ll only have to stay half as long then. Come on. Open the door for Daddy.”


Liam put sun cream on Lucas, then loaded himself up with the towels, cooler, and beach umbrella. With Lucas’s reluctant help, they lugged everything to the car, and were soon on their way.


By the time they got to the beach, Lucas had forgotten his annoyance with Liam and eagerly helped him unpack the car.


“Put your things in this bag,” said Liam, “and then you can carry it to the beach.”


Lucas was so eager to get onto the beach, he didn’t have time to complain.


Chapter 28