"Mr. Vampelt! You've had us all so worried," a woman cries from the entryway.

We all turn to look see a woman in a suit that's way too hot for this weather. Her black hair is pinned up in a tight bun and there's not a hair out of place. She looks like she belongs in a boardroom and not standing in the lobby of the Mermaid. That's when I look behind her and see Sheriff Cyrus coming up the steps, too.

"She's been in a fit. Tried to report your city boy missing. When she showed me a picture of him I brought her on over," Cyrus says, looking...