Chapter 9They walked outside again, crossing the narrow stretch of lawn beyond the lap pool to the edge of the yard where the rocky cliff side dropped off steeply. He stood looking out over The Bay and down the hillside. Bush poppies and rock roses were blooming among the budding Spanish broom. Wire vine bushes grew helter-skelter down the rocky slope and even weeds found their places.
“How far does the property line extend?”
“Almost all the way down,” she said, walking over to join him. “There's an access lane down there for the Parks Department. That's where the property ends. It's the edge of China Beach.
Suddenly, he spotted the entrance to a small arbor in the corner of the lot near the cliff. He went to stand beneath the trellis, thickly intertwined with Himalayan honeysuckle. Tal
