Chapter 2
“Sounds like the kids are having a good time in the kitchen,” Ivy said. Above the ocean’s roar, music blasted from the kitchen, punctuated by intermittent laughter. Their holiday party playlist ranged from Mariah Carey to Nat King Cole.
“Great music,” Bennett said, helping her with the lightweight sweater she drew around her shoulders.
Along with the older adults, they made their way outside to enjoy the fresh evening breezes and watch the sunset. Shelly and their sister-in-law Angela had gone inside to make Sea Breeze cocktails, a specialty of the inn.
Behind the grand house designed by early Californian architect Julia Morgan, terraced tiles led to a lavish, recently restored pool that was a smaller version of Morgan’s Neptune Pool at the Hearst Castle she’d designed in San
