Rock's cousin

Rock's cousin Jill called just after daybreak. He answered in his front bedroom bed and could immediately tell she was at an Aikman family gathering. Jill put her brothers Bill and Crutch and her daughter Rebecca on the phone.

"Jill, are you in Longview or Beaumont?" Rock said.

"No, dummy. I'm right here."

She sat on a corner edge of Rock's bed, the one by the window that overlooks the front porch.

"Did you climb in through one of the windows?"

"No. I just unlocked your front door."

Rock remembered Jill's skill as a locksmith.

"I thought you were somewhere in Texas," he said.

"Rock, you didn't know? I'm the mayor of San Diego. Everyone's out there. You should come join us."