Bastet’s Sunday Writing Post prompt

My friend Bastet challenged us to a Power Short with the theme “Romance”. Her’swas great. [see it here] Mine was… long. With her usual brilliance, Bastet collaborated to cut it back. Still too long, but here is our joint effort.

WAITING

She squinted up at her granddaughter, “I’ve been coming to this beach for seventy-odd years. You don’t need to wait here with me.”

She remembered summer mornings with him, sailing their little boat, her red silk scarf as their flag. Long afternoons they drifted,...