"Sounds good." She shut the door behind her to keep out the menagerie--cat, dog, and wolf, not that there was any danger of the turtles getting in there--since she had her wedding dress hanging in the corner, covered up to keep Jack from accidentally seeing it.

It was a good walk from New Atlantis to the northern beach. Sam had the blankets folded under one arm, and after a little while, she reached out her free hand to take Jack's while they walked.