Over Her Head 2

7.More from That Weekend

Chapter 7

Sunday afternoon

Sunday, during brunch at a quaint little spot in the village, the family sat eating while Aria and Sophia sat side by side, not really paying attention to their food. Instead, they were looking at each other, both stealing looks at their parents, and conversing with each other, not saying a word.

"You guys wanna share?" David smiled as he looked up from his plate.

"No," Aria said and looked at Sophia.

"Okay, what's up?" Olivia asked. But the girls just smiled at each other. "Soph...?"

"You ask," Aria whispered to Sophia, but Sophia simply shot Aria a look; one that Aria gave back to her and they stayed that way for a moment until Sophia, realizing that Aria wouldn't do it, let off a deep sigh and spoke.

"How come you guys don't kiss anymore?"

Liv and David sat there, both unsure of what to say.

"We...kiss," Olivia answered while looking at David to back her up, but Aria spoke before they could continue.

"Not the long yucky kisses." the girls giggled sillily.

"You guys kiss like you kiss me and Ari," Sophia added.

"They've got a point," David said and Olivia turned around and looked at him.

"No, they don't."

"Mommy, are you and Daddy still in love?" Sophia asked; she and Aria holding each other's hands, nervously. An action that didn't go unnoticed by either of their parents, who looked at each other.

"Do you guys know what being in love means?" David asked.

"It means that you give each other really long kisses and you put your arms around mommy and she puts hers around you," Aria answered, with what her seven-year mind could comprehend.

"...and hold hands!" Sophia added. Aria nodding her head.

"We do that," David said and Olivia looked back at him as she agreed.

"Of course we do! It's just..."

"Just?" Sophia asked as she looked up at her mother.

"Just...David, feel free to jump in here anytime."

"We just...well with the baby coming, your mom has been...she doesn't really like to be...touched at this...stage in her pregnancy?" He said/asked/partly lied with uncertainty while he looked at Olivia before he went back to eating. Aria and Sophia sat for a long moment looking at David and Olivia, and when they couldn't find the lie they looked at each other silently and went back to enjoying their food without an outwardly verbal word between them.

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On a golf course on the island of Kaua'i in Hawaii, Amir Answari was about to take a shot on the ninth when his phone rang.

He took the phone from his pocket to look at the number on the display.

"You going to putt?" his friend asked him.

"I have to take this; excuse me a moment..." he said and answered. "what do you have?"

"Turns out, dead men do tell tales. I found a diary."

"A diary? Does it have any information that we can use?"

"...good reading."

"Anything about..."

"A ton. I'm on my way to Hawaii, we'll discuss when I get there. I should see you tonight."

"Very good. I'll see you then." Amir said before he hung up and marched back over to his business associates, who were waiting. "Sorry about that, gentlemen. Now, where were we?"