Nick nodded. “Sure. Just do me one favor. Don’t go up to look at that cell tower until I can go with you and bring along the sat phone. Okay?”
He was pretty sure she was about to protest that she would be fine, but something stopped her. Instead, she smiled warmly. “Okay.”
Nick walked back to open the hatch and retrieve their packs. “Let me change and get my gear.”
“I’ll be ready in just a sec!” Jamie yelled, running inside.
Grace shouted after the vapor trail that Jamie left behind, “You are going to wait until I put together a lunch for you, Jamie Lynn!”
Nick handed Grace her pack and started for his cabin.
“Nick?”
“Yes, ma’am?”
She smiled at his exaggerated politeness. “If I could be wrong about Boyd, I could be wrong about the rest. I apologize—”
He held up his hand. “Too much
