Blair smirked and crossed her arms over her chest. “Don’t worry. You’ll find out soon enough.”

Nolan stared at Blair for a few seconds then copied her stance. “Yeah, Mommy. You find out enough.”

The rest of the morning and into the afternoon was spent with Nolan and Blair whispering to each other while Erin tried to figure out what the hell they were planning. A mission she had failed at so far. After they spent most of the day at the pool and managed to coax Nolan to at least go onto  the sand, Blair announced it was time to go back to the hotel.

“And why are we going back to the hotel?” Erin asked. She had been waiting hours to find out what was happening. Blair had to finally tell her.

Apparently, she was wrong. Blair’s only response was to shrug and pack up their beach bags. As they walked to the hotel, Erin tried to think of what Blair could possibly have planned, but she kept coming up blank.

As soon as they walked into the hotel lobby, Blair shouted, “There they are!”

Erin looked across the lobby to find Blair’s best friend, Marisol, standing beside a guy, waving to them. That was strange. Erin had enjoyed Marisol when she met her at the Fourth of July party, and Nolan had also taken to her quicker than he usually took to most people, but was this the surprise? Blair invited her friends to hang out with them? Erin didn’t care, of course. She just didn’t understand why it had to be such a big secret.

“Have fun, Mommy!” Nolan said, before skipping away from them right over to Marisol.

“What is he talking about?” Erin whispered to Blair as they walked after him. She still wasn’t following at all.

Blair smiled proudly. “Marisol and Damien are going to watch Nolan for the next few hours.” She looked over at Erin and became more serious. “Don’t worry. They both worked at a camp for six weeks this summer and are great with kids. You can trust them way more than you probably should’ve trusted me at the beginning of the summer. I also asked Nolan if he was comfortable with spending some time with them.” Blair pointed to where Nolan was already chatting animatedly to their new guests. “As you can see, he is.”

“Okay. But why—” Erin halted to a stop when she realized why Blair had done all of this. It was for her. It was because of their conversation yesterday. “Y-you did this for me?”