Lightning flashed and illuminated Sawyer, who was carrying someone in his arms. A boy, it looked like, and one of his arms was sticking out at an unnatural angle. Todd handed Pearl his cup and jogged off.

“Oh my God!” Without thinking, Eve followed the medics.

She’d gotten pretty wet in the dash from the bakery to her car, and even more so as they’d stood talking to the EMT. But by the time she reached the beach, she was soaking. Hair-plastered-down, wet-to-her-underwear, water-sloshing-around-in-her-shoes wet.

Sawyer didn’t notice her at first. He lowered the boy to a gurney the medics had waiting. “He was unconscious when we got there,” he shouted. “The boat has capsized. Maybe he hit his head.”

The EMT said something she couldn’t hear, and Sawyer turned back toward the lake. Her first instinct was to shout his name, but she suppressed it. He didn’t need her distracting him.

But it was like he heard her anyway, heard the silent shout inside her head, because he turned back, and his eyes immediately latched on to hers.

He started toward her, crossing the wet sand in big strides. He looked pissed.

“Evie! What are you doing here?” He sounded pissed, too.

“I came with Pearl. She wanted to bring coffee.” She looked over her shoulder. Pearl was standing next to a Moonflower Bay squad car with Olivia.

“Pearl, get in the car!” Olivia hollered. “This is no place for civilians. Environment Canada just issued a flash flood warning.”

Eve expected Pearl to argue, but she got into the back of the squad car without a peep. Her easy compliance scared Eve. If Pearl was done fighting, it wasn’t safe to be here.

“You’ll go with them.” Sawyer grabbed her arm. “Olivia!” he hollered, but she was already in the car and didn’t hear him. “Goddammit.”

“It’s okay! I have my own car!” She pointed at it, and, not letting go of her arm, he changed course.

Eve got in her car and tried to start it, but the piece of crap engine wouldn’t turn over.

Sawyer pounded the roof in frustration as another flash of lightning and crack of thunder let loose overhead.

“I’ll walk!” She scrambled out of the car.

“Do you have power?”

“No.”

“Go to my house. It’s closer, and I could see when I was out on the water that the neighborhood hasn’t lost power.”

She nodded. It had been stupid of her and Pearl to come, and the best thing she could do now was get out of the way.