in mind?”
Will was suddenly very quiet. “No, not really. But I’m optimistic that there’s someone out there for me.”
Mia smiled. “I have no doubt that there is.”
“What about you? Is there anyone in your life yet?”
“Not really. Not yet. But I am starting to get out more, too. So, I think that’s a good thing.”
“Mia, do you want a s’more?” Becky was suddenly by her side, holding out a perfectly made, still warm s’more.
“Yes, I’d love one. Thanks so much, Becky.”
“I made this one for you.” She held it up proudly.
“You did a really great job on this. It’s perfect.” Mia picked it up gently, while Becky beamed and waited for Mia to take a bite. She bit into it and gave Becky the thumbs-up, and she ran back to where Sam and Sarah were toasting more marshmallows on the grill.
“That looks good. I think I need to go make one.” Will left and Mia turned her attention to Izzy, who was finally looking her way. Rick was talking with Tyler.
“Are you having fun? You looked deep in conversation with Will earlier. I didn’t want to interrupt.”
“I am having fun. Will and I hadn’t really talked in a while. It was good to catch up. He seems like he’s over Caroline pretty quickly.”
“I think they were both over each other, but neither realized it until it was almost too late. He seems happier now than I’ve seen in a long time.”
“He does, doesn’t he?”
“Is everything okay with Rick? He seems like he’s in a good mood, but I wondered when he got here so late,” Mia asked softly.
“It’s all good. He had to work late, and he didn’t like seeing me sitting with Will. But I set him straight. We’re all friends here, and he has no reason to worry about me. He calmed down fast. I think he was really just tired. He didn’t expect the job they were on today to go so late. But it’s a Sunday, so it was double-time and he couldn’t pass that up.”
“Right, it would be hard to say no to that.”
“You looked cozy with Sam and his girls. Is anything developing there?” Izzy asked.
“I like Sam. We’ve become good friends. We have a lot in common, even beyond the bereavement group. We’re going to go to trivia a week from Monday.”
“Trivia. You and Mark used to love to do that.” She paused before asking, “Is it a date?”
“I’m honestly not sure what it is. I don’t think he’s sure, either. For now, it’s just a fun night out. I have plans with Ben tomorrow.”
That surprised Izzy. “You do? What are you doing?”
“You’ll love this. He invited me to race back to Hyannis on his friend’s sailboat.”
“You’re going on a Figawi boat? Wow. I’m impressed. That’s a huge step out of your comfort zone. Is there any romantic interest there?”
Mia smiled. “No. Not at all. Ben’s gorgeous and fun, but he’s strictly a friend and a neighbor. He’s just really fun to hang out with, and I think I need that right now.”
Izzy nodded. “I think you do, too. I’m really glad that you’re going out with both of them. Just out in general. I think it will be good for you.”
“I do, too.”
Chapter 18
Mia was ready when Ben knocked on her door at a quarter to nine the next morning. She’d gotten up early, went to breakfast at eight and had a nice chat with Lisa and Rhett. Then she took Penny for a walk on the beach, and showered and changed. She wasn’t sure what proper attire was for a sailboat race, so she dressed casually in jeans, a t-shirt with a light blue sweatshirt from Izzy’s store and her pink Sperry topsider boat shoes.
“You ready to go? This is going to be fun.” Ben was dressed similarly in jeans, a navy sweatshirt and an ACK baseball cap. ACK was the airport code for Nantucket and was commonly seen on hats, t-shirts and sweatshirts all over Nantucket.
Ben drove them into town and parked in his spot at the condos, and they walked over from there. Parking was at a premium in downtown Nantucket, so they were lucky to have their parking spots.
There was a huge crowd gathered along the pier to watch the boats take off. The boat they were sailing on was moored out in the harbor and they were going to hop on a water taxi to get out to it. Ben led the way to where they would