When Colin texted me that he’d made it home from his appointment, I packed up the soup I’d made and headed over to his place. This was supposed to be just a playdate between Widget and me, but Mama always said life was easier with soup. She’d prepared a big recipe book for me with all her favorites when I moved out. I thought that made me special until Leticia let it drop that Mama had done this for all of us.
I knocked and, after a long wait, Colin answered the door. He appeared extra haggard.
“You know, you should give me a spare key. Then you don’t have to get up. I mean, you could probably leave your door unlocked like the first time—”
He looked askance at me.
“Well, yeah. I guess not. Just, Gaynor Beach is a pretty safe town. You just don’t hear about crime. Sharmen did a story i
