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“Yes. We will need to plan these things ahead of time.” Luna was feeling much more confident and enjoyed being a bit flirtatious. Chi-Chi stroked the back of Luna’s hand and winked at her.
“Sorry I came empty-handed this time,” Gaines said sincerely.
“You brought yourself.” Luna felt like a schoolgirl, but she decided to take Chi-Chi’s and her own advice.Go with it.
“I mean you came here to do us a favor.” Uh-oh. Luna was backing off again.
“I came here because you asked my advice, and I said I would help. Let’s not call it a favor, OK? Friends do things for each other. Right? Chi-Chi, help me out here.”
“You are most absolutely right, Marshal. This is what friends do for each other. So let us get down to business.” Chi-Chi had a rascally look in her eyes. “I’m sure Cullen is waiting for us.”
Luna appeared to be frozen in place. She was processing everything that had happened in the past four minutes. Chi-Chi gave her another wide-eyed look. This time Luna thought Chi-Chi’s eyes would pop right out of her head.
Chi-Chi turned and gave a nod. “Come on.”
Luna slid the large glass doors shut and put up her sign with an arrow sayingNEXT DOOR.
The three of them followed each other to Cullen’s space and made their way to the back room. Cullen was waiting with the envelope. Gaines shook his hand. “Good to see you, man.”
“Same here.” Cullen smiled.
“So let’s see this mysterious document.”
Luna removed the pages inside the envelope and spread them on the ramshackle table. “Look!”
Focusing on the first line, Gaines read the pages carefully and reread them again out loud. “ ‘I, Randolph Millstone, of Millstone Manor, in the state of Massachusetts, do hereby declare this is my last will and testament and revoke all previous wills and codicils.’ ” Then he checked the signatures. “I’m going to have to find out who represented Millstone. That should be easy enough. I’ll call the main number.”
Luna was already searching for the number in the search engine on her phone. “Here it is. It’s 617-555-4500.”
Gaines punched the number, then realized it was Saturday. They were closed. “This might have to wait until Monday.”
Luna started to pace the floor. “I guess we have no other choice, do we?”
“Doesn’t appear so.” Gaines looked at the signatures again. “Looks legit, but we won’t know until we find the lawyer.”
Luna hated waiting for anything, but she knew there was little to be done at the moment. The only thing that was under her control was enjoying dinner, and that she was sure about.
Cullen, Luna, Gaines, and Chi-Chi climbed into Cullen’s SUV, everyone chatting a mile a minute about what they were going to order for dinner.
“You guys are confusing me.” Gaines chuckled. “Cullen, you had me going for the lamb, but now Chi-Chi tells me the brisket is excellent.”
“Let’s not forget they have specials, too,” Luna chimed in.
“You’re killing me.” Gaines groaned.
Several minutes later, they arrived at the restaurant and were greeted by the owners. “Dinner with the Bodmans! Nice to see all of you.”
Gaines shot Luna a look. “Do you know every restaurateur in the county?”
“You say that as if it were a bad thing.” Luna gave him an elbow.
“Just kidding,” Gaines shot back.
When they were seated, a perky waitress approached them. “Good evening. Can I get y’all something to drink?”
Gaines looked at his watch.
“Going somewhere?” Luna chided him.
