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How could the woman be so irritating? “What call?”

“The call last night when I hung up. It was my lawyer. My ex didn’t sign the divorce papers right. Then I found out it would take a few weeks anyway. I thought once he signed the papers we would be divorced.”

“You’re married?” he hissed into the phone, already heading back toward the exit. “What the fuck?”

She huffed. “We met at a restaurant weeks ago and he signed the papers. Don’t cuss at me. I told you when we met.”

“You said you were recently single.”

“Anyway,” she continued ignoring his comment. “Want me to pick you up? We can set another date.”

“There won’t be another date.” Tobias’ hand was shaking so bad he had to tap on the display twice to finally end the call.

When he went down the escalator toward the exit, Ernest was standing by the baggage claim. He waved at Tobias.

“What are you doing here?”

“Your mom had asked Eric to do some checking on Mimi. He thought she might still be married, but we couldn’t find out for sure. Mimi called me a few minutes ago to ask if she could still get married in Vegas if she was married in Montana. I figured she wasn’t going to show up, so I turned around.”

“Don’t say another word.” Tobias pointed at Ernest’s face. “I mean it.”

“Can I laugh?”

He fought not to crack a smile. “No.”