Chapter 15The flight back to Dallas wasn’t long enough for me to get through half of the notebook. Damn, but she had left me a lot. Why, Aunt Jussy? What made you do that? She may have lived a lonely life, but she’d made good use of it.
My flight landed at DFW late Friday afternoon. I got my luggage and a rental car and drove into Dallas. I stopped at the hotel to drop off my suitcase and notebook, then went to the Shaded Parlor. It had just opened and was already booming. The head host, Douglas met me at the front door.
“Welcome back, Ms. Montie. How was your trip?”
“Better than I expected.” I knew no one had been told why I was away. “How are things here?”
“Great and okay,” he said with a grin.
“Great is good. What’s just okay?”
He looked down, a little nervous. “Both Misses Mornin
