The road to the Seaview was a mess. Sean had to drive half on the shoulder, half on the upslope to make it past the bottleneck of vehicles. As soon as dispatch told him the JPFD was checking out the fire, he’d called Chief Littleton and offered their help.
“It’s small, Type Four, nothing we can’t handle. Looks bigger than it is because of the overcast.”
“Come on, Chief. You expect us to sit on our hands out here watching you guys do all the work? Give us something.”
“Fine. Get on out to the Seaview and help the PD evacuate the place. It’s just a precaution but he could use a couple extra hands out there. Traffic’s clogged up.”
“Sure thing. Who’s in charge up there?”
“Officer Blaine. He happened to be there on a date, go figure.”
Evie.
Evie.Maybe it was petty of him, but he was almos
