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“Langley, eh?” proposed Sparky.

Sam didn’t comment. Let the myth slowly
die.

“Don’t be a stranger, Sam,” said Sparky.

“I won’t. I still have some of Mickey’s
clients in this area. And, of course, the courts are up here. I’ll
be testifying from time to time.”

When they got to the beach house, there were
hugs all around from the Crowns and Becky. Helena began describing
her plans for a giant wedding.

Sam interrupted. “Mom! The wedding plans are
the prerogative of the bride’s parents.”

Bo said, “They’re already going crazy! I
think everyone is going way overboard! Sam and I haven’t even
discussed a date yet.”

“But this is something I’ve been looking
forward to my entire life! My only son finally getting married!”
wailed Helena. “And I want to show you off, Bo, to all my
friends!”

Sam said, “She’s not a new brand of rose to
show to your garden club, Mom. I understand that you want to put us
on display, but I don’t want you throwing your money at this
situation and overwhelming Bo’s parents. They will work with Bo on
the wedding. You can plan a post-wedding reception of some sort—go
wild! I don’t care.”

“That’s a possible solution, Samuel,” Helena
agreed.

“Good.”

John Crown lit his pipe and smiled.

***

Bo’s plans were to get her P.I.
license—which, because she had several years in the FBI as an
investigator, would be a formality. She also told Sam she wanted to
study for the California Bar exam and get her license to practice
law. She thought that would make her more valuable to
Crown
Investigations
. Plus, she could handle the legal
work for Becky’s new venture.

Sam thought that was great. He shuffled
through his business card file and found Paul Franco’s card—the one
Franco had given him at
The
Fisherman’s
restaurant when Sally and her mother had
come to their table to thank Sam for saving their lives so many
years ago.

He called Franco and explained Bo’s plans.
Franco was eager to help and agreed to let her work part-time in
his office as a paralegal and he would guide her through what she
needed to know to pass the exam. That would speed things up for Bo.
She was very excited!

Late on Friday the 10th of August, Bo and Sam
were in the spa alone. Everyone else had gone to bed. They were
discussing the problem their parents were having coordinating the
wedding and reception dates.

Sam laughed. “They may never sort this out.
We may not get married until next June!”

Bo said, “I will not wait that long! You’ll
get away from me somehow!”

“That’s not a problem. What I’m really most
interested in is getting you established as Becky’s
mother—officially. I think you both need that. So what I propose is
we go to Vegas and get married this weekend. We can file adoption
papers on Monday. Then we’ll do the ‘trappings of marriage’ thing
to please our parents whenever they get it worked out.”

Bo looked at Sam with wide eyes, wondering
how he had read her mind. Then she kissed him and said, “What a
marvelous idea!”

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About the author:

I am the author of the Sam Crown
private eye mystery/thriller series. This book is the first in the
series.
Crown's Justice,
is
the second. Book three is
Crown's
Dilemma.
I recommend
that you read them
in order.
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.
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