Mason patted his stomach as they exited the restaurant sometime later. “That was really good. Yum. But I’m full.” He grinned. “And a little wasted.”
John chuckled. “Same with me. To both. Look we’re just a few blocks to the beach by the rock, why don’t we walk off some of the wine and food?”
“Walk? Are you kidding?”
“No, it will be good for both of us. It’s a nice evening. Come on, you can do it,” he teased.
“I have no doubt I can make it there, I just wonder if I can back it back.” Mason eyed the way toward the beach. “Fine, but if it’s too cold or I’m too tuckered out you have to get a cab.”
“Deal. Well, as long as you aren’t faking being tuckered out.”
“Okay, okay.”
They walked silently side by side most the way to the beach. It being summer and tourist season, a lot of people wa
