“I’m so glad you enjoyed it. How can I help you today?”

“We wanted to ask your advice about the Whaling Museum. Is it really worth seeing? We’re heading into town for the afternoon and trying to plan our day.”

Andrea smiled. “It’s definitely worthwhile. It’s one of the places I suggest that everyone visit when they come to Nantucket. Give yourself plenty of time to go through it all. There’s a lot to see, and it’s fascinating.”

“Good. Thanks, Andrea.”

As the two ladies walked off, a message popped up on the computer screen, from Paula.

“When you finish up today could you please pop by my office for a moment? David and I want your advice on a new project we are working on.”

Andrea’s first reaction was irritation. The last thing she felt like doing was helping Paula. But still, she was curious what she might possibly need to know. She typed back that she’d stop by.

And an hour later, when Marco came on to relieve her, Andrea made her way upstairs and stopped outside Paula’s office. The door was ajar, and David was in there with her. They were deep in conversation, so Andrea didn’t want to barge in. She knocked lightly. Paula looked up, saw her, and waved her in.

“Thanks for coming.” Her cousin sounded nervous.

Andrea felt like snapping that it wasn’t like she had a choice. But with David sitting there, she bit her tongue and instead said, “What’s up?”

“So, Grandfather wants to do a Taste of the Town event. David and I have been working on that today. We had lunch at Mimi’s Place, and they agreed to participate. I talked to Peter at Bradford’s Liquors and he’s going to handle the wine tasting. We’re putting a list together of restaurants to invite and wanted to run it by you and see if you had any additional suggestions.”

“Let me take a look at the list.” Andrea thought it was a great idea and something she’d love to attend, but she wasn’t about to admit that to Paula.

She looked over the list. It had all the usual suspects, well-known restaurants that they’d all been going to for years.

“These are all good, but let’s add some of the new ones. There are some great new spots that you might not know of yet, but they’re very good.” She mentioned a few names and Paula jotted them down. “I’d also add Oath Pizza and the restaurant at the airport.”

“Oh, I forgot about that one,” Paula said.

“What do you think of the idea?” David asked. He looked genuinely curious about her opinion. Andrea had enjoyed chatting with David when he’d introduced himself to her, until he mentioned Paula. She sighed.