*Jamie*
I awake to dreary skies. The rain has stopped. The sun is striving to shine through the gray clouds that remain. The house is incredibly silent. Esma is right. It’s never this quiet in Blackrock city.
Abruptly, I sit up. It could also be so quiet because they’ve left. Getting out of bed, I quickly dress and hurry downstairs. I hear activity in the kitchen. When I get there, I see only Eden kneading the bread dough. “Where is she?”
Eden peers over at me. “Good morning to you, too, sir.”
“Where in the bloody hell is Esma?”
Wiping her hands on her apron, Eden edges past me. “Come with me.”
She leads me to a back door, opens it, and steps outside. “Follow that well-worn path. It leads…”
“To the cove.”
“Yes.”
I stride along the edge of the dirt trail where the grass makes the j
