Chapter 21
Jacksonville, FL
Saturday afternoon
QUENTIN CLEARED HIS desk of every single piece of paper that needed to be dealt with, set a backup in motion, and returned to the house. I’m glad I decided to turn the Jacuzzi on before I went to the office, he thought, as he settled down in the hot tub with a sigh. When the timer rang, he took a quick shower, toweled himself dry, and went to the kitchen to retrieve a bottle of water from the fridge. It was a pleasant afternoon, so he made himself comfortable in a rocking chair on the back porch and sipped his water for a while. When he felt totally cooled down, he returned to the Jacuzzi, which was where Nate and Dwight found him when they returned from the mall.
“What are you doing out here on the back porch, Q?” Nate said.
“After a cou
