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.”With a quick peck on the tip of his nose, Sharla turned to stare at the overflowing luggage.“This is just going to have to wait.Nana and Herbie are expecting us to meet them for trivia.”“Oh, I forgot to mention that Sophia said to meet them at Herbie’s cabin, and we’d leave from there.”“That’s different.” Hefting one shoulder in a halfhearted shrug, she shook her head, and followed Luke out the door and upstairs to the tenth floor.For a few seconds she feared she might find another scarf tied to the doorknob, before she shoved the absurd thought away.Luke rapped on the door.From the other side Sharla could hear Sophia laughing.The sound of her grandmother’s happiness made her smile.“Oh, good.You made it.” Sophia gestured them inside the room and moved next to Herbie.The two were grinning at each other like a couple of besotted teens.It had been great fun for Sharla to watch her grandmother and Herbie grow even closer this last week.With Gloria and George behind bars, and Luke’s assurance that his contacts had frozen not just the accounts Nana had found but several others as well, it all had made the last half of their cruise all the more enjoyable.And as usual Nana had pegged it.Gloria finally confessed to almost having amassed enough money to abandon George and live the remainder of her life worry-free.Sharla simply didn’t get it.There had to be millions in all those accounts.How much money did any one person really need?Herbie cleared his throat.He and Nana stood side by side, holding hands, their backs to the window.“Why don’t you both have a seat?”Sharla shot a quick glance at Luke before following Herbie’s direction.“Okay.” Nana smiled.“We have news.As you know, after the cruise I’m going to New York.”Sharla nodded.“Well, Herbie thought it might be fun to come with me to meet Leticia and some of my old friends.”Herbie added, “Instead of flying home, I also suggested we take a nice drive back to Florida.Pass through Philly and my old Georgia stomping grounds.Teach your grandmother to do a little fishing.”Fishing? Nana? But the way the woman smiled up at Herbie, apparently Nana thought that was a peachy idea.“So if you have no objections,” Nana continued, “you’ll have the house to yourself for another month or so.”“A month?”“We’re going to take our time driving south,” Herbie explained.It took Sharla a few seconds to process the idea, but it only seemed fair.If Luke was coming to Florida to visit his brother—and her—then Herbie should be able to do the same with Nana in New York.Pushing to her feet, Sharla approached her grandmother and wrapped her arms around her, then moved over to give Herbie a big old bear hug too.“I’m trusting you to keep her out of trouble.”Herbie laughed.“You can count on me.”“There’s actually a little more news.” Nana sidled closer, leaning into the curve of Herbie’s arm.“After we return to Florida, we’re getting married.”Okay, that Sharla wasn’t expecting.She backed up and into Luke, who already had her back.“Don’t you think that’s rushing things a bit?”“Honey.” Nana shook her head.“We’re not getting any younger.At our age there’s no point in wasting any time.”Luke reached around Sharla to shake Herbie’s hand.“Congratulations.”Herbie beamed.Nana pulled Luke away from Sharla and into her arms for a hug.“You shouldn’t waste much time.She’s not getting any younger either.”“Nana!”“Just saying.” Nana held up her hands.“Which reminds me.” Herbie turned to open the closet.Sophia’s brows dipped into a scowl.“What are you doing?”“Getting out my carry-on.I want to give Luke here that address.”Sophia’s expression did a complete 180.The deep frown was replaced with a syrupy smile.“Why don’t you do that later, dear.”“No.” Herbie dragged the bag out and onto the bed.“Really, Herbie.That can wait.”“It will just take a minute.”Herbie unzipped the bag and, from the inside pocket, pulled out a handful of papers.He took a page from the top and gave it to Luke, then frowned at the manila envelope in the stack beneath it.“What’s this?”“Trivia starts in a few minutes.” Sophia took a step aside.“Why don’t you put all that away, and we’ll head downstairs.”His frown firmly in place, Herbie briefly glanced up at Sophia before opening the envelope and removing a trifold piece of paper.His eyes widened as he pulled out another, and then another, before looking up.“These are bearer bonds.”“What?” Sharla asked.“Bearer bonds,” Luke repeated [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]