The offer had been utterly genuine up until that moment, though Fred couldn't even begin to say -- no. She knew. She'd made a promise to Wesley a good ways back and Fred had done her best to keep it. And maybe, just maybe, she was starting to show her age.

In a Paradisa sense.

But all the faded back in the face of Lilah's expression. A tilt of her head followed.

"The cooler's right over there."

And with that she made her way back up the beach towards Wesley.