Hidden Bodies

Joe texts Delilah that he is out of town for a couple of days. Then he impulsively kisses Love, and she reciprocates. She introduces him to her brother, Forty Quinn, and explains that her parents were obsessed with tennis. Forty is Love’s twin. Forty is happy that Joe doesn’t know who they are. Their parents own The Pantry. They invite Joe to come to Chateau with their parents.

Love says she makes the Pantry playlists that Joe likes in the store. She also names the quirky aisles in the store, which she explains as she gives him the history of The Pantry. Her parents were high school sweethearts and are still “nauseatingly in love” (123). Love has been married twice. She was married to a man named Michael Motorcycle for eleven months. Then she married Dr. Trey Hanes, eight years prior to meeting Joe. Trey drowned after getting diagnosed with cancer.

Joe looks at the search history on her iPad, which she gives to him so he can Google her. Her search history is all about dogs and boots for dogs. She says that Forty has never been married.