Chapter 812

Just then, Portia wandered over and peeked into Calliope's bucket. She

practically did a double take, jaw dropping in shock.

"No way!"

"How did you collect so much already?"

"We only just started, didn't we?"

Portia glanced at her own empty sand pail, then at Calliope's overflowing one, packed with all sorts of treasures-shells, pebbles, even an old bottle cap or two.

She felt a complicated mix of envy and disbelief.

Hadn't they only been on the beach for, what, fifteen minutes?

Sure, the beach was pretty empty and the tide had just gone out, so there was plenty to find, but how could Calliope be so quick? She looked like a pro, scooping up half the beach in record time.

grin. "Whenever they

but with their help, her bucket looked like

a pout. "Wish I had brothers like

we're going to have a contest, your brothers can't help, got it? Otherwise, it's

tossing a glance


with Uriah; the two of them were deep in

gaze drifted to

Norton

lovebirds. If Calliope didn't know for a fact that Mavis only had eyes for Uriah she might have

as they strolled along the sand glancing over at

"Yeah, totally," Calliope agreed.

"You'd think Urian would notice by

just shrugged, unsure. She wasn't about to play matchmaker. Right now, she was just

Calliope and Portia competed to see who could fill their bucket faster,

Mavis was doing pretty well herself, thanks to Norton's help. Their

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