Chapter 13
Thanks to all the delays, by the time Steve and the Foxes arrived in St. Joe, the Pettigrews had already been in town a number of days.
Steve sent word to the hotel where they were staying, and the reply asked him to join them at the hotel’s dining room.
He took the time to wash the dust off his face and hands before he presented himself at the hotel. He was ushered into the dining room, which was empty this time of day.
Bart Hall, a good friend of George’s, was waiting at a table set in a corner. Beside Hall sat a very pretty woman.
Steve tipped his hat to her and offered his hand to Hall, whom he’d met when he’d brought Tom’s body home.
“Uh…where’s George?”
“Captain, let me introduce you to my wife, Georgiana,” Bart said.
It seemed to be a non sequitur. Steve studied t
