satisfied that she was fully engrossed in this new topic , he said , zack called tonight to tell me mitchell 's apartment in rome was being searched , he also mentioned that mitchell had phoned him earlier today from st. maarten with a very interesting request- it seems that mitchell has met someone down in the islands , and since he needed to come back here to be with caroline and billy for a few days , he wanted to be sure the lady would have avery pleasant time cruising the islands on thejulie while he was in chicago . ''