so , i was on my way to meet julie at the hospital , and worried sick ( not solely about julie , noi was concerned about the whole troop : julie with the baby trying to come into the world , our youngest little girl no doubt strapped into the back seat of julies ford expedition , while jessica , our adopted daughter , the ink not yet fully dry on her learners driving permit , likely hunched over an unfamiliar steering wheel and grinning from ear to ear like the little demoness she is , dodging through traffic ) when i got a call from dexter sonny raleigh , who proceeded to fill me indespite my avid proteston the event of a dirty old man suddenly dropping dead at his roadside tavern way out south of town , in another county entirely .