after being home for only about half an hour , mark got a phone call and had to run to the strip mall to meet with a potential new lease . it had me chuckling from the beginning . he had a thick wool scarf frozen over the lower half of his face . sounds like there 's a lot of gossip to fill me in on . '' she turned at his call , her shoulder brushing against trace 's . well , were not stupid either , jeff said . you can believe me or not . 