Sonny checked the time, then said, “We can head over now.”

After lunch, he would head to the office, rest for a half hour, then get back to work early so he could try to finish everything before knocking off for the day.

Then, he could squeeze out a bit of time on Saturday to get Everly to be his free tour guide. After she returned the favor he had shown her when he hosted her the last time, she would stop feeling like she owed him.

He had to fly back to Wiltspoon on Sunday morning because he