"You really don't have to stay if you don't want, Jess," Khaat said. She understood what it was like to miss her kids. She believed that Brian could protect her alone if it became that much of an imperative for Jess to return home. Steven was already on days off. And if Jess and Jack wanted to go, that left her with Brian and Angus. They had done it before. They could certainly do it again if they had to. Khaat wasnt' going to ask anyone to stay with her who didnt' want to be here. She walked away from all of them, deciding to walk down the beach alone and get some air and some sun. Jess's moodiness was getting to Khaat badly. It was making her feel like she needed to let Jess go run her shop, raise her kids and live a normal life. Steven seemed to need Delilah. Khaat's own thoughts were becoming depressing, sad, full of guilt and a need to send her friends home to their own homes and families. She didn't think that list of people who wanted to be elsewhere included Brian, but at the moment, she wasn't all that sure.
Brian saw the shift in her moods. He hadn't seen her do that yet, but he had expected it to happen at any time, at least once in this pregnancy. He simply decided to let her have her space and he sat down on the sand to wait for her.