41The next day, her best friend’s wedding minus one, Molly rode into the village with the idea of picking up some trinkets to put by each wedding guest’s plate. Something silly, something to lighten the mood, to make Frances laugh in spite of herself. At least the weather seemed to be holding, which was a tremendous blessing since if it rained, the whole thing would have to be squeezed into Molly’s living room, which would not be—
Oh! Molly realized she had forgotten to call Constance to ask her if she could clean tomorrow. Fearing she and Thomas would have some grand plan that could not be interrupted no matter what, Molly pulled the scooter over and immediately hit speed dial for Constance.
She was about half a block from the bank, so when Maron and Monsour came out holding a man’s arm
