Chapter Seventeen
I hadn’t been to the Newport Beach community to spend any length of time for years, and for as much that had changed, just as much had stayed the same. Sure, new quaint shops, wine bars and micro-pubs had popped up, but the easy-going vibe of the locals remained.
I watched as people strolled, hand-in-hand, and laughed as their pups darted in and out of the water, attempting to fetch a bit of stray seaweed. No sooner had one come away victorious, the other snatched it, running to his humans to show-off. Before long, the episode started over and the victors swapped places.
Looping through the neighborhoods, I rechecked my GPS before pulling up in front of my destination.
Mae Santini had done well for herself in the years since she had moved from L.A. Larissa hadn’t ment
