. depends on the nature of the adventure...”“Five hundred mile round trip in a light airplane, two nights in glorious Auburn, Alabama, a Jewish we...ding...”Carlita’s eyes flashed. “Cindy’s plane has eight seats. There are seven of us, plus Cindy. You’re correct. Sandy?”“A wedding?”“Yep. Need a nice dress. What’re your dad and Nina gonna say?”“They trust me.”“Call ‘em.”Sandy’s iPhone hit the table, on speaker. “Dad...”“Hey, sweetie. Middle of the day. Gotta be important.”“It is, Dad. You love me,. “Unfortunately, we’ll be handling the re-brand in-house,” Olivia says in a louder voice, cutting into their conversation again. “We just need to know your own team can be flexible as we work through it.”At that moment, the server comes back up to our table to check on our drinks. Olivia’s drink is still almost full and she just shakes her head at the server when he asks if Olivia wants another.“Nothing for me. Just another glass of champagne and whatever they’d like,” Olivia says, pointing to. “I will give you odds that this is his no-account, brother Clyde. That drunken fool couldn’t organize a trip to the ice box, much less a successful kidnapping...” That was as far as we got, because the entire Law Enforcement community arrived like an armada preparing to engage Napoleon’s army at Waterloo.Sheriff Cowell handled everything from the second he stepped out of his truck. Before anyone got their own ideas of how the kidnappers wound up dead, he set the tone forever by saying, “I see. Sure...good idea," he blurted out, glad for any chance to move away from her."I didn't get a chance to thank you for you what you did this afternoon," she said softly, leaning over and giving him a soft, loving kiss on the cheek. "You probably saved our lives." Awww...Mom," he said modestly as his face reddened once again.Self-consciously, he stumbled back away from her."Really," she smiled at him, "we would probably have been swept to our deaths if you hadn't reacted so quickly." Anybody would.