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as bad as with him and Mrs. Mortimer. Who knows what could have been happening before they had arrived?

“I want chicken,” Molly said sitting down by Kenzi and across from Mrs. Mortimer.

“We don’t have chicken, dear. We brought beluga caviar and some shrimp salad. There’s lemonade for you and wine for the rest of us,” replied Mr. Mortimer.

“Maybe I should have told you but I’m allergic to shrimp and caviar, actually pretty much anything with large amounts of iodine in it,” Kenzi replied apologetically. “I did bring a few sandwiches with me just in case. Maybe Molly and I should have one of those instead.”

Mr. Mortimer looked quite upset and Shawn looked like he could laugh but then realized he was still stuck with eating the beluga and shrimp salad.

“You know, we really shouldn’t have any wine, either. If Kenzi and I are going to take Molly swimming you want us to be completely alert. I have enough water with me to share,” Shawn suggested.

Mrs. Mortimer was starting to look as upset as her husband but then smiled and shrugged her shoulders. He would make do with the shrimp and caviar, after all he was raised on the sea but he wasn’t going near the wine or lemonade.

Kenzi and Molly munched happily on their sandwiches and talked as Shawn tried to eat as little as possible of the shrimp and caviar.

“I don’t want lemonade! I want water, Miss Kenzi’s drinking water, and I want water,” Molly said stubbornly as Mrs. Mortimer tried to get her to drink a little of the lemonade.

Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer looked quite disgruntled by the time lunch was over. Apparently, their plans had not gone quite the way they had planned. Molly looked at Kenzi and ran to a little creek up ahead.

She splashed happily as Kenzi ran after her laughing. Shawn followed at a slower pace while Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer stayed sullenly on the blanket they’d spread out.

Kenzi and Molly were leaning over a rock formation when Molly’s little voice reached him saying, “Look at what we found Mr. Shawn. It’s diamonds.”

Shawn smiled and picked his way over towards Kenzi and Molly to see what they’d found.

“Actually, Molly, it’s called a geode. This one is very special look at how pretty the crystals are in it,” Kenzi said holding it up for Molly to see.

Shawn looked at the rock holding the geode. It was a dark purple color and the crystals were a light pink.

Mrs. Mortimer had heard the word diamonds and was instantly interested in the find. She picked her way over to the creek hesitantly due to her shoeless feet.

“Look…mommy…it’s a, a—what is it again, Miss Kenzi?” Molly asked looking up at her.

“It’s a geode. Would you like your mommy to have it?” Kenzi asked as Molly nodded.

Kenzi handed it to Mrs. Mortimer and the water play began again. Mrs. Mortimer sat for a while watching Shawn but then gave up and left to go back to the picnic site.

Molly flung water at Shawn and a water fight began. He gently flung water back at her while soaking Kenzi with water. Kenzi was laughing when Molly took off running towards the cliff.

Shawn instantly saw the expression on Kenzi’s face and took off at a sprint after Molly. She was running with all her might towards the edge of the cliff.

Kenzi was further behind Shawn and could see where Molly was heading.

“Molly, stop, please!” Kenzi yelled after her but kept her voice light so the Mortimer’s wouldn’t worry.

Molly ran even faster, eluding Shawn’s grasp by inches. He couldn’t dive after her for fear of hurting her if he did. Before he knew it she had reached the end of the cliff and jumped.

Kenzi watched in horror as Molly executed a perfect swan dive and then disappeared in the water below. Shawn jumped right after her.

Kenzi didn’t have enough room to stop. As if by magic, the ground disappeared from below her feet and her legs kept running as she flew through the air and landed with a splash in the