Margaret sees a couple about her age waiting at the end of the line. The woman—nice-looking with a neat chestnut braid—is handing out what appear to be cookies to the people ahead of her in line.

“Lemongrass sugar cookies,” Margaret overhears her saying. “Homemade.”

This will be her first interview, Margaret decides. A woman who brought homemade cookies to share while she stands in line to maybe get a cell phone signal is someone Margaret would like to meet. “Excuse me,” Margaret says, touching the woman’s elbow.

The couple turn and the woman’s eyes widen. “Why!”

The man says, “Holy smokes. Margaret Quinn!”

The woman holds out the platter. “Would you like one? They’re lemongrass sugar cookies. Homemade.”

“I’d love one,” Margaret says.

Their names are Captain Huck Powers and Irene Steele. Margaret had pegged them for a long-married couple but she’s apparently mistaken. This must be one of these magic relationships—not unlike Margaret and Drake—where people of a certain age find love later in life.

Huck reveals that he’s a charter fishing captain who has lived on St. John for over twenty years. His boat is called the Mississippi. Irene is from Iowa City; she moved to the island in February because she needed a life change.

Huck wraps his arm around Irene’s shoulder and pulls her in close. “She sure changed my life.”

Who are Huck and Irene waiting to call? Family back in Iowa?

“Most of my family is here,” Irene says. “My son Baker and his girlfriend, Ayers, had a baby last night at home.”

Margaret thinks she must have misunderstood. “They had a crying baby last night at home?”

“They had a baby last night,” Irene says. “Ayers gave birth in the bedroom with a nurse practitioner who happens to be a friend of the family. So I have a brand-new granddaughter.”

Margaret can’t help herself. “Will she be named Inga?”

“Oh,” Irene says. “I hope not.”

“No,” Huck says. “They haven’t settled on a name yet, but rest assured, it will not be Inga.”

Irene says, “And that’s not all. My other son, Cash”—here, Irene pivots and casts a concerned glance behind them, at the water—“is over on Lovango Cay with his friend Tilda. Her family is building an eco-resort on Lovango, and, if I’m not mistaken, Cash and Tilda are the only two people on the entire island. I’m going to try to call Cash to make sure they made it through okay.”

This is such a good local story that Margaret feels like she hit the jackpot on the first try. She asks Huck and Irene to repeat all of this—including the shtick about the name Inga—with the cameras rolling. She has Linda get a close-up of the cookies and then she asks Linda to pan across the water toward Lovango Cay.