10That afternoon, when she didn’t see Molly anywhere, Patty made the rounds of all the guestrooms at La Baraque, asking the occupants if they’d like to attend a short memorial for Ryan later that night. First she knocked on the door of the cottage where the Bilsons were staying.
“Come in!” boomed Ira.
Patty came in to see Darcy standing on her head and Ira flopped on the sofa reading a newspaper. “Hey, sorry to bust in on you, but Ashley and I want to have a little service for Ryan and wondered if you’d like to be part of it.”
“A service?” said Darcy, her feet dropping to the floor. “We’re atheists. Why do you have to bring religion into it?”
“I’m not—it’s—nothing is decided or anything. All we want to do is get everyone together to remember him, however you’d like to do that.”
“Of co
