"There was something else that Jack brought up," Caydance said tentatively, while Griff was going over Saturday's playbook, and was not likely to pay much attention to what she was saying.

"The thing that worries me is that their Quarterback is … well our Defense is not as experienced and..." Suddenly, Griff noticed that Caydance was talking.

"Before they left Marseille, Jack was spending time on the docks when he picked up the words 'The Hotel California Trail'. There was some problem there from what he could hear. The French was Marseillais, but he thought that the name that was repeated was Augie.

"He called the Hotel and asked to speak with Augie. The desk clerk gave him an extension.

At that time with viable leads, he and Nico were on the trail of Ted Treharne. 'It is always difficult when cases pull in different directions', he said. They headed North towards Burgundy, but when I told him what Mei and I found behind the drawing pad on the easel in the studio/workplace, he was concerned."

arrow Griff set aside Saturday's playbook. "What?"