.. I wasn’t going gold dredging ... probably not until June.But I could visit the neighbors and brag about the weather in Florida ... rubbing it in ...... gently though.The trailer had Guatemalans, but the house had Spaniards ... not Hispanics ... Spanish ... from Spain. And, No ... I didn’t know where Annalise Cordoba was. I didn’t bring her back on the airplane. They did ask.Then came the bad news ... El Patrón, 96 years old from Madrid Spain, died on the sidewalk in front of the Big Horn State. How goddamned hard can it be to keep track of a librarian?”“She’s somewhere in California,” Yousef answered. The imposing frame of his former brother-in-law towered over him and it made him nervous. “She’s my sister. She doesn’t tell me everything.”“And you couldn’t follow her?”“I figured I could track her cell phone later, but she’s off the grid. She must have shut it off for the flight and never turned it back on. You know how she is.” Yousef was getting tired of the role of being Derek’s. It's simply nature's way of letting you shed excesshormones. And it's actually quite symbolic, too. It signifies yourattainment of manhood, Jesse. Congratulations are in order, son."Jesse didn't feel like he'd done anything worthy of congratulations. Onthe contrary, he felt ashamed of himself.Pat reached into his purse and came away with a small white plasticpackage. He opened it and removed an even smaller piece of pink cloth. Hemanipulated the cloth to reveal that it was actually a plush. That DVD is two and a half hours long, so you understand what it shows. All of it!" I shouted. "Everything!" She burst into tears again.To give her time to recover I went and made two coffees. I thought that caffeine was needed for this conversation. I carried them into the lounge and brought a warm damp flannel for Lily to wipe her face. She smiled weakly to signify her thanks. She took a sip of coffee."I am so sorry, Chad." I nodded."Of course you are. Would you be sorry though if I had not.