Marie chuckled and said, “Hey everyone, how are you all doing?”
Helen turned around and smiled. “We wondered when you would come down. We didn’t want to interrupt anything. Where’s Cory?”
Gale giggled and popped a strawberry into her mouth. “She probably wore him out.”
“Very funny, actually he’s not here. Both of us weren’t here for most of the night. He got a call for a case back on the island and I decided to go with him. Then I stayed at the house to get a few hours of sleep. He just sent me a text. He should be here shortly.”
“What kind of case?” Jim Rawlings, Mimi’s husband, carefully balanced the food on his plate as he plopped a spoon of scrambled eggs next to a stack of pancakes. His tall, thin frame showed no signs of overeating as his reddened scalp peered out from under his
