CHAPTER 61
When Lincoln escaped from his own house he left so fast he forgot his keys, phone, and wallet. With tunnel like vision all he could think was he had to get out before Grace arrived. Since he couldn’t get his buggy out of the drive he took off on foot, traversing a shortcut he knew down the hill to a quiet beach that wasn’t normally packed with tourists.
He sank back into the sand and stared up at the midday sun, wishing a giant wave would crash over the top of him and draw him out to sea. Sinking into the blue ocean until he was so deep under the water he could never return, where everything was silent and peaceful, where nobody could ever find him, sounded pretty good at that moment.
The wave never came and eventually the heat of the sun roused him out of his despair. He pul
