Claire got home before Luke got back. She was grateful for that little bit of good fortune. She had run as quickly as she could to James right after Luke left, so she could run the errand without Luke’s knowledge. So far, luck was on her side. She didn’t want to let him know what she was up to just yet. She wasn’t sure why, but she had an uneasy feeling about the whole thing and she had learned to trust that feeling.
Claire tried to convince James all the way back home to take her to see Nancy. James seemed to want to come up with one excuse after another. Claire just kept shooting the excuses down. She could only get him to commit to it within a couple of days, but she needed to nail down a plan. James must have seen the wheels turning in Claire’s head because he hauled ass as soon as t
