"It depends on where ya live, I thank. We lived out in Port Aransas on an island in southeast Texas. Wintahs got cold, summahs got hot. I spent a lot of time on tha beach." Winters definitey got cold here, but summers weren't all that hot. Not even close to Texas'. And there were really no beaches she'd been able to find here. It was interesting, really, the little southern girl who chose the Yankee state with none of what she loved most about home.
Another difference in the two women. Rory got along with her mother quite well, but who knew what the details were with Andi. Rory didn't pry. Instead, she instructed her on how to cast the reel and motioned out to the water. "Mah dad an' I used ta do this every Sunday mornin'. Mama would go ta church with mah brothah an' sistah, we'd go out to tha lake an' fish." That had been their church. Without her dad there, especially when he was on tour, things hadn't been as calming. But she was learning how to find that calm within herself now.