Did Mom know about Dad's offer to finally fill me in about Fiona Doyle? I had no idea, and decided to continue to keep her in the dark, if so, when I departed Petunia's mid-morning with a vague excuse I'm positive made me look guilty of something but that my mother took at face value.

Daisy was riding high and waved and smiled at me as I exited, leaving my pug behind for the short walk to Dad's office in the center of town. I could have taken her, except she'd been ...