When she catches me looking, she mouths the words ‘I love you', and my heart fills with love. And for a second, the sun glints off the sand just so I can almost see a figure next to her.
My father, smiling proudly, his arm around my eldest daughter's shoulders.
I blink, and the image is gone. But Raina is still smiling.
And that's all I need.
I fall back into the water, a blessed smile on my face as my husband calls out to our children and they shout back happily.
Heartbreak summer is over.
THE END