Daphne squeezed her son's hand lightly, proud of his rather obvious attempt to both walk around the party on his own and to follow after Liam. But Nigel couldn't be left alone the way Liam could, and so she had to calm his short whimpers of protest as Liam disappeared onto the boat. "Don't worry, love," she said to him, calmly. "He'll be back soon."
She giggled softly at Miles' little joke, nodding at him. "Well then, let's go look for him and his wife. Might as well say hello regardless - they are the hosts of this party."
Looking around for them, she hoped they wouldn't be too difficult to find. Sure enough, she spotted him and his wife (her hair was hard to miss) as they boarded the boat. Waving them over with a big smile, she was happy as they approached. "It's good to see you both," she said in greeting. "It's a lovely boat."