Veronica really hadn't been expecting anything for her birthday, especially not with everything going on. And she was honestly pretty content with just getting to have her father here. Aside from working all the time, things seemed to be going pretty well. There were numerous threats though, and no sign of slowing down.
It meant a lot to her that Steve had something special planned. Their relationship was still new, but Veronica liked where it was going. He was a good guy. And she hoped her dad liked him too, but he hadn't said anything otherwise so she figured that he did.
She walked out of the house and down to the beach, thinking how she could never tire of this view. "Oh wow." She said. "You didn't have to do all of this..." How had he even had the time to set it all up?