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“Him, you still call sir.”
“Yes, ma’am, err, Sam.”
“Where to, ma’am?” I asked once we were in the SUV. Sam slugged me, and we both laughed.
Because we’d orderedroom service from the Roycroft’s dining room for lunch, we opted to have dinner in the village. This time, I chose, since she had last night.
“Irish okay?” I asked when I pulled up in front of the pub I’d overheard someone raving about on our way out of the inn earlier.
“It’s perfect.”
I looked over when her tone didn’t quite convey the enthusiasm that went along with such a response. She was looking at her phone.
“Did you call Alex?” she asked.
“DidI?” I raised a brow. What was she suggesting? Did she think I would go so far as to contact her boss on her behalf?
Sam rolled her eyes. “Yes, Beau. Didyou?”
“I did not, and I must say, I do not appreciate the implication.”
While she nodded, she did not apologize. “Odd. She sent me a text asking me to check in. God, I hope she isn’t thinking of opening Stave early.”
“Wait. Didn’t you say you weren’t returning? At least not now?”
“Yes. I did say that.”
“Have you changed your mind?”
“I have not.”
I took a deep breath and let it out more loudly than was necessary. “This conversation is reminiscent of the one we had earlier with Cord Wheaton.”
Sam put her phone down and shifted so she was facing me. “I was going to ask your opinion about him. Something isn’t adding up.”
“I agree. I’d say Mr. Wheaton is being evasive, and that’s allowing him the benefit of the doubt.”
Her eyes opened wide. “Do you think he’s lying about something?”
“Only by omission. However, there is far more to his story and that of his uncle than he’s saying.”
“I agree. Maybe I shouldn’t have said we wanted him to stay on.”
“Had you asked, I would’ve agreed to doing so, if only in the interim.”
“What do you think we should do?”
I loved that, in both instances, she’d said we rather than just I. “I think the circumstances of Cord Wheaton’s arrival at the Lilacs is a mystery you and I will solve together.”
17
SAM
“Hey, girl,” said Alex when she answered my call.
“Hi. Is everything okay?”
“It is now. Where in the blazes are you?”
