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THE NEXT MORNING, KATHY TOLD PAT AND MRSHORWOOD ABOUT the hotel's new responsibilities regarding contingencies past ly in the case of the older lady - they were both very pleased at She also told them about the contested will It was not so h to share the information with them, but, above all, that she wanted to find out about their point of view in order to face the ht aswith that fa to be a bowl of cherries"

"Do you know them?"

"Not personally, no But Mary Anne let it drop that her sister always protected her own interests, if you knohat I mean And she had her reasons not to trust her"

"I must say they fooled me completely," Kathy admitted openly "Every one of them But Jesse and I have decided to respect Mrs Sloan's wish, which now ood sense," said Pat "Mrs Sloan knehat she was doing when she left you her possessions here on the island"

"Thank you," answered the young woman "That means a lot to me"

"Dr Cameron called," Jesse informed her at lunch "He had some… juicy news about the ht we could use a little humor And it is kind of funny, actually The irony"

"What are you talking about?"

"He phoned you first But you didn't answer, so he called me"

"Oh, yes, I saw I had a lost call from an unknown number It wasn't the doctor's cell"

"No He called fro you to contact him I'd rather you heard it from his own lips"

Fairly disoriented, but justifiably s, took out her phone and searched for Dr Cameron's number, while Jesse observed in apparent caler to see Kathy's reaction

"Hello?"

"Dr Cameron? I'm Katherine Schneider"

"Kathy! How are you?"

"I'"

"Yes, I know"

"Did he give you all the details?"

"No He won't say a word," she answered with a conspiratorial glance at her companion