“That’s a long haul.”

“He’ll make it.”

I tapped my plate with my knife. “I appreciate this.”

She nodded, then said: “Jed Davis is out the back waiting for you. Do you want to see him?”

I frowned, then I remembered.

“The newspaper guy?”

She nodded.

“Is he okay?”

“He’s a friend of Tim’s,” she said. “Tim picks bums for friends, but he won’t bite.”

I laughed. “I’ll see him,” I said.