Chapter 12
The North Cascades National Park was one of the most majestic and beautiful parks in the nation, Mac thought. And he’d seen a few. Not necessarily by his choice. But this one was remote. It was home to grizzly bears, timber wolves, and some said, veterans gone feral — men who couldn’t handle society after the ravages of whatever war they’d fought in, and headed for the hills. He thought of Eli Andrews, Janet’s husband. Eli couldn’t handle Seattle and life with Janet after Kuwait; he hid in the wilds of Seattle’s homeless population. When Mac needed help to rescue Janet, Eli had come with him. And he stayed behind in Jehovah’s Valley where he and Janet grew up. Mac hoped he was doing OK. He hadn’t figured out how to ask Janet about him. Maybe he could ask Timothy.
Men like him,
