THIRTY THREE-SAME OLD TRICKS

Several hours later her eyelids fluttered open and again Marcus was missing, but this time he left a note below the tray containing French toast, bacon, eggs and a cup of coffee that was still steaming.

The note read:

Hey babes I have a mission to go on. I will be out of cell phone reach for a few hours. Don’t worry I have Dominique with me and I am strapped. Later I love you. I am coming home with the bacon. Eat up bye. Love Marcus.

“Shit,” Molly said, “if his brother is involved that is going to be some trouble in the waiting.”

She reached for her phone and then decided against it, “I wonder where in the world those two are and what the hell they are up to?”

Marcus listened to Dominique keenly as they drove through the mangroves.