IT TURNS OUT THAT HALLSTEAD’S famous instincts are right again and Helen and I are soon on our way to Chloe’s apartment to tell her that her brother is dead.
I need to clarify something with Helen, and I am reluctant to bring it up but it has to be asked. “Helen, I am not trying to make an already tragic situation worse, but in what capacity am I helping you make this notification? She is not a member of my parish, but Rex is, and I cannot have you in there while I’m talking to them if I am acting as the rector of St. Clare's. I am happy as your fiancé to drive you there, but I have no business going in with you. So, which is it going to be?”
She looks at me as if I’m trying to pull something before admitting, “OK, I see what you’re saying. The truth is that I want both of us in that roo
