Everyone else in the ancestral hall had arrived and taken a seat, but for the vacant one next Stella. Evelyn remarked, "Sadly... How is Alex doing? Is traffic present?"

She then turned to Stella and said, "Stella, I should have brought my cell phone. Please, could you give Alex a call? Find out where he is right now.”

She winked complacently at the neighbors sitting next to her as she was speaking. Stella couldn't say anything. Evelyn's plan was just too clear, wasn't it?

With a silent sigh, Dolores said, "I'll call him."

With a slight shove, Evelyn said, "Dolores, what's wrong with you? I just realized that there are...