39It was a sort of tradition, after a killer had been caught, for Molly and her friends to have a celebration at Chez Papa and talk over the the details of what happened. Not this time. Molly and Ben had still not spoken. When Molly talked to Lawrence the next day, he said all he wanted to do was come to La Baraque to eat leftovers just with Molly, and that is what they did.
“I just got some news,” Molly said when Lawrence came inside. “The toxicology report came back on Pierre. Narcotics. Not enough to overdose, but still, apparently a pretty big dose.”
“Enough to make him lose his balance.”
“Exactly.
“Well, at least he wasn’t murdered. I guess that’s something. Did Ben tell you?”
“I guess Nagrand had lunch at Chez Papa today, and Nico called to pass it on.” She sighed. “Sorry, the
