Runaway Bay - Chapter 2
Denial
The pastor who married Mike and Geri was Carl Hecker. Amy writes in Chapter 2 about his response to the plane crash:
His plan was to remove the young family from the shame of the scandal—to give them a chance to start over in a place where no one knew Mike or Geri. That was the whole plan! No counseling. No thought given to paying back debt. No accountability of any kind.
Amy’s Grandparents
From Chapter 2:
My paternal grandfather, Daddy Glen, killed a man before Mike was born.
Photograph of Glen Hubbard with his wife Georgia, Amy’s paternal grandparents. The inscription on the back of the photo is below.
Also from Chapter 2:
My maternal grandmother, Peggy, also married young. Her husband, Gordon, was six years her senior.
A couple of words about this website of “bonus material” for Runaway Bay:
Amy didn’t create it … Thomas did. You may have already guessed that the “I” in the captions isn’t Amy, but me - her husband.
( She doesn’t really like websites. Or QR codes for that matter. Or bulleted lists like this one - a dead giveaway that she didn’t write this part. )Therefore I don’t mind making the shameless plug - if you are enjoying her phenomenal book, would you be willing to put a review on Amazon? As Amy’s “publishing partner” the one surprising thing I’ve seen is this: people love her writing, and even volunteer their time to email or text her with their responses … but getting them to post a quick review on Amazon is a whole ‘nother level of hard.
( Here’s the link, if you’re so inclined https://a.co/d/9BbaoX2 )
Thank you so much!
Amy and I celebrating our 35th anniversary in Phoenix, Arizona.