Merrie made that custom ringtone for me. She’d gotten hold of my phone when I left it at home one day and downloaded Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus,” the whole thing. It was embarrassing. I asked her to instead change it to play the first four notes of “Onward, Christian Soldiers,” because it had special meaning for me (those four notes coinciding with the words “Onward, Christian,” a good message any time of any day). Also, those four notes are the same note, G, so when my phone rings, it just beeps. And that suits me. It was Wanderley. “Mr. Wells!” “Who is this, please?” “You don’t recognize my voice?” I was pretty sure I did. “Detective Wanderley?” “Yep. What can you tell me about Mr. HD Parker?” “Besides his being Honey’s father?” “I’m all clear on the family relationship.”
