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Ben would have canceled all the next day’s flights and stayed with Julie, but she refused to allow that. She left the farmhouse first thing in the morning to meet with the lawyer, while he gushed over Sarah’s waffles. Then he drove to Knight and Day to begin work for the day. The familiar smells of the hangar, the sight of the two Cessnas with their sleek curves, even the hand-painted sign that usually brought him so much joy—none of it had its usual effect.
Julie had said she loved him. He ought to be the happiest man in Jupiter Point right now—maybe excepting his brothers. But instead it felt like a huge, cruel tease. She loved him and he loved her, but it might not matter at all. It all depended on Felix and Savannah and the Reinhards—and damn it, why did the Reinhards keep screwin
