Merry tried to work off her stress with a run along Stargazer Beach. She went right from there to a yoga class, but left in mid-downward dog because she was just too antsy. She drove out to the community college for her weekly office hours, but could barely concentrate on her students' complaints about their grades.
Couldn't they tell she was in crisis? She couldn't talk about it with any of her Jupiter Point friends—too much was confidential. Carolyn was at her other college gig. Mama was in Japan. Gah! How was she supposed to sort through all these confusing choices?
She could refuse the Knight murder story. But if she did, her new boss would lose his last remaining shreds of patience with her. She could tell him that she and Will were….something. But what, exactly? And how would that
