“In what way?”

“He’s always borrowing money from her. I think he might have a problem. Could I get another cup of coffee?”

“I’ll get it for you.” Marge went into the kitchen and made a fresh cup for her. When she came back she said, “What is Garth’s problem? To me, that means drugs.”

“He smokes weed, but that’s not what I meant. He borrows money for weekend trips. He goes to Vegas a lot.”

Oliver said, “He gambles.”

Crystal said, “Yeah, that and maybe he’s fooling around on her.”

“Maybe they have an understanding,” Oliver said. “She fools around on him, he fools around on her.”

“She only fools around on him because he’s gone all the time.” Crystal thought a moment. “Adrianna told me that sometimes Garth has a little trouble in the love department. She blames it on his pot smoking—he does smoke a lot of weed—but I’m wondering if it isn’t because he’s getting it somewhere else.”

“So you’re saying that Garth is basically leeching off Adrianna.”

“Maybe that’s a little strong.”

Oliver said, “He borrows money from her, smokes a lot of pot, and gets his jollies with other women. Does the guy have any good points?”

“He’s cute.”

Marge said, “We’re trying to get hold of Garth, but he’s on a river-rafting trip.”

“Yeah, right!” Crystal was scornful. “It just so happens that the rafting trip happens to be near Reno.”

“Really,” Marge said. “How do you know?”

“I’m friends with Greg Reyburn, one of Garth’s friends. He told me that they are going river rafting, but they’re also making a detour to the casinos. He also told me not to tell Adrianna.”

“Did you?” Oliver asked.

“I wasn’t gonna tell her. But then she looked so lonely. So I mighta said something about Garth not being entirely truthful with her and she should just have a good time and forget about him.” Crystal looked up at the ceiling. “I think that was a mistake.”

Y’think? Marge said, “How did Adrianna respond?”

“She asked what I meant. So I said, I heard the boys were also going to Reno for a little R and R. Then she said, how did I hear that? Then I said, I heard it from Greg. So she said, why didn’t I tell her? Then I said, I told Greg that I wouldn’t. So she said, well then, why did I just tell her? And I said, I thought she should know the truth so she could have a good time.”

Crystal’s eyes darted to the left.