"I think her boss looked at her a little funny, because apparently every law enforcement type we know is allergic to vacation time - but the French are also apparently more like the English in taking, like... two week 'holidays', so I don't think it took much convincing to give her a few days."

Merritt pauses. "I told her we'd give her a call or text or whatever when we were getting ready to head out ourselves."

So whenever Dylan gets home and they get everything else settled, he figures.