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"Yes, you can and you will," Ja a decision "I’ll take the car and drive around, see if I can find her You stay here by the phone in case she calls or we hear so"

"Okay Check in with me every half hour"

James nodded As he cli out on a journey without a h the narrow neighborhood streets Try as he o He tried to put hie city with few friends

The only thing he could do was ask God to guide hiet Sound and buffeted Summer as she stood at the end of the pier The waterfront was one of her favorite places in all of Seattle Not knohere else to instruct the taxi to take her, she’d had the driver bring her here

She loved to shop at the Pike Place Market Every SaturdayJaht fresh fruit and vegetables for the week He’d been wonderfully patient while she browsed in the tourist shops that stretched along the waterfront Some of their happiest moments in Seattle had been spent on this very pier

How she hated to leave this city It was as if everything in her was fighting to keep her in Seattle Her husband was here, her home, her very life

The instant she’d walked into Jae house, she’d experienced a powerful sense of hoht think her reaction was silly--but Suether

She’d like to think that so to fall in love and marry The house had been his preparation for her entry into his life

Tears blinded her eyes She didn’t want to focus on her unhappiness, so she turned her attention to the water The pull of the tide fascinated her The dark, hts overhead A green-and-white ferry chugged into the ter herself to walk away Except that she didn’t knohere she’d go One thing was certain; she couldn’t spend the night standing at the end of the pier She’d need to find herself a hotel In theher head would be clearer and she could make some decisions

She was about to reach for her suitcase when she sensed so company, even the nonintrusive sort, Su She kept her eyes lowered, but that didn’t prevent her fro several feet from where she stood Wordlessly he stared into the distance

Summer wasn’t sure what she should do She couldn’t very alk away froh the first tiain

"How’d…how’d you find me?" she asked

He continued to stare into the distance "Lucky guess," he finally said in cool tones

Su married to her just then He was furious with her More furious than she’d ever seen him

She wanted to explain that she was a detrih her parched throat

The tears that had flowed ertips

"Was I such a bad husband?" he de tone

"No," she whispered

"Did I do so, she shook her head

"You’ve fallen out of love with ested next

"Don’t be ridiculous," she cried If she’d loved him any more than she already did, her heart couldn’t have stood it

"Then tell me why you walked out on "

"I…I…" She was tre so much she couldn’t speak

Jaoing back to the house and we’re going to talk about this Then, if you’re still set on leaving, I’ll drive you to the airport e was a weak nod

Thankfully, he’d parked the car close by Summer felt disoriented Maybe she shouldn’t be this happy that Jary with her, she was grateful he was taking her home

James opened the car door for her and set her suitcase in the backseat He didn’t speak so le word on the drive home

When they pulled into the driveway, Summer saw Walter’s car

"Your father’s here?"

James didn’t answer her Nor did he need to Walter was already out the door

"Where’d you find her?" he asked, bolting toward them

"The waterfront"

"Sit down, sit down," her father-in-lawSummer inside and into a chair She felt she was about to collapse and must have looked it, too

"Nohat the hell is this all about?" Jahly

"You can’t talk to her like that," Walter chastised "Can’t you see the poor girl’s had the worst day of her life?" He turned to Suently "Nohat the hell is this all about?"

Suht if I spoke to James alone?" she asked her father-in-law She couldn’t deal with both of them at the sa to leave "I suppose," he agreed with reluctance "I’ll be in the other roo him on his way out the door "I take it the two teddy bears are your doing"