"It's more of uh... a panic sort of thing," Joel admits, looking faintly embarrassed. It isn't that Siren Cove is so special to him, although it is, but that he sometimes feels like he physically can't leave it. The cruise had left him panicky and anxious the entire time they'd been gone.

The only time it's been easy had been to get married. That had been the easiest thing in the world.

"We moved here after something pretty bad happened to our family and I sort of took to this place like a security blanket."