Now that the crisis had been averted, Sully was going to make sure the one-key situation no longer existed.

“Hey, Dad. Wanna take a quick ride with me?” Sully asked.

“Sure,” Marc said, and followed Sully out the back door and into his car.

Marc hadn’t missed the calm manner in which Sully had dealt with what appeared to have been a crisis to Lovey, and was in silent admiration. Sully didn’t immediately assume what he’d been told was the whole truth, and he didn’t get angry or lay blame. But it was his last act that said to Marc what kind of a man Sully was. Chet needed to finish what he’d been sent to do, so as not to feel like a failure, and Sully knew it when he gave Chet the key a second time to complete the task.

“You know what, Sully?” Marc said.

“What, Dad?”

“You’re a good man, and I don’t say that to a lot of people,” Marc said.

“Thanks,” Sully said.

“On another note, where are we going?” Marc asked.

“To Bloomer’s Hardware to get some keys made.”

“Yet another good move. What would you have done if the key was lost?”

Sully grinned. “Taken my bolt cutters to the lock, in which case I’d still be on my way to Bloomers to buy a whole new lock with multiple keys.”

Marc grinned.

They arrived at Bloomer’s, where Sully introduced his dad to Fred, then explained after they left that was where Melissa used to work.

When they got back to Granny’s, they went in the front door. Lovey looked up.

“Did you get it out?” she asked.

Sully dropped two new keys on key rings into her hand.

“These are for you. And it wasn’t in the toilet after all. Chet and I had a talk first, at which time we discovered he has a small hole in his pocket. I found the key ring under the shelves beside the bathroom door. Those are extras. Put them wherever you want, just not on the same hook with the first one.”

Lovey rolled her eyes and then hugged him. “Thank you for the new keys. You are going to be as handy around here as a pocket on a shirt.”

Sully laughed. “I’m going to head back home now. Melissa was making dinner when we left. Dad, do you want to eat with us, or stay here and eat? If you stay, don’t miss the biscuits.”

Marc saw the look on Lovey’s face, and the decision was made.

“Thank you for the invitation, but I’m staying here to see what this place is all about.”

Sully waved and left.

Lovey beamed and grabbed a menu.

* * *

Two days later, Marc was in the banquet room at Granny’s, wrapping up the interview and photo shoot with Lovey and Johnny Pine. Even the two orderlies had come, staying long enough for him to question them a bit and get their names. He had everything he’d come for, and more.