Mark couldn’t shake the feeling that this was a mistake. But he couldn’t put his finger on what was bothering him. Unlike Gracie, he wasn’t used to relying on his instincts. He was more attuned to logic and facts.
Logically, he’d covered the bases. Jake was already on the job. He’d accepted the task eagerly and promised to call his private investigator friend right away.
And he knew that Gracie wasn’t going to break her promise and skip back to Laine’s house without him.
So why did he still have a nagging feeling that they’d be much better off if they just left? It didn’t have to be Ocean Shores. They could go anywhere; he didn’t care. Rocky Peak. Zanzibar. It didn’t matter. Anywhere that wasn’t here.
But soon his sense of foreboding gave way under Gracie’s determined efforts to cheer
