Chapter 7
Jacksonville, FL
CHRIS WAS getting tired of wandering around the area killing time, so he drove to The Loop, ordered a glass of iced tea, and carried it out to the deck. The tide was in and he sat sipping his tea and watching the tidal creek and the river beyond until it was time to visit Tom and Noah. Across the creek he noticed a number of fairly nice-looking houses, all of which seemed to have either a dock, a boathouse, or both. A few minutes before five he headed for Tom’s house, and following Tom’s instructions from the previous evening, pulled around behind the house to park.
Noah pulled up in an Explorer as Chris was exiting Mabel. He parked behind Chris and got out of the car.
“Good timing,” he said. “Tom is already home—I can hear him practicing.”
Chris hadn’t noti
