Chapter 331

• Leila chatters non-stop while touching up her makeup in the car. The journey is short; before we know it, we’re stepping out into a scene from the movie Cocktail.
• The restaurant is nice and private; it has a beach theme with little palm roofs over each table, which spill out onto the sand near the shore, all strung with fairy lights twinkling now that the light is fading.
• As we enter, we spot our party immediately and make our way across the crowded sands of the outdoor part of the restaurant as Jake has picked a table near the shore.