CHAPTER 31
"What was that all about?" Jessie asked. She had walked in while I was talking to Herb.
"No idea," I said.
"Yeah, Herb is like that, very mysterious. How was your seminar?" She dropped into a chair and started scratching behind Marley's ears causing his tail to wag like a windshield wiper on a rainy day. They clearly had an understanding.
"It was a disaster. Or a success--depends on who you ask."
I polished off my last two grapes wishing Tillie had left me a few more. It hurt to be outsmarted by a senior citizen with a shaky grip on reality. You snooze, you lose, that's the rule.
"Sorry I didn't get back to you," Jess said, tucking a strand of wavy purple-tinged hair behind her ear. "We had a minor crisis at the shelter and I didn't have a chance to call Uncle Teddy. How d
