Chapter 269: Chapter 269: Out of the Line of Fire

Jackie leaned back in her beach chair and dug a bare toe in the sand as she watched Grant and Emma squealing at the water’s edge. Following breakfast at the Blue Moon Diner, she’d treated the kids to a trip to Spruce Beach. While they could swim back at Lake Miranda, they always thought Spruce Beach was the height of fun.

From their booth in the diner’s front window, she’d seen Ned Hart go past in his patrol car, followed closely by a huge black SUV. Jackie shuddered as she pictured Amy being led away in handcuffs. The children, of course, had been oblivious, diving into their funny-face pancakes with gusto. To them, they’d merely lucked out with a surprise outing.

She couldn’t imagine the arrest would take long. After all, they had to drive all the way to Toronto and catch a flight to California. And if she knew her brother, Blake would be right behind them.