Chapter 4
Santiago washed the sand from his feet at the beach showers and waited for Pilar, who did the same, then slipped his socks and shoes back on.
He stood, and Pilar took his offered hand to help balance her while she slipped her feet into her heels. Her light touch sent a powerful spark of desire racing through him.
He’d never felt anything like that with his late wife and the thought acted like a wet blanket, though he kept her hand in his.
Pilar led them to the private dining room though she waved at his daughter on the patio. Valentina joined them at the door where Pilar let his hand go and went inside, finding the young man and woman she’d introduced as her children. Were they his children too? Valentina asked, “Father, what’s going on?”
He and Valentina waited in the hall.
