Dear Ned,

I've gotta hand it to Andy Jason – the plan he cooked up to recover smuggled animal furs was a darn good one. First, he got himself a orca that the Russians had trained for covert military operations. Then, he made it look like the whale was a orphan so he could hide her in plain sight while she did his dirty work at night.

Then, he and his henchmen disabled Katie's boat to keep her out of their way. They needed work gloves so they stole hers. In fact, Andy's henchmen couldn't resist using the tunnel they'd found out about in Hilda's notebook to steal practically everything they could get their hands on.

But, now Andy and his buddies are in jail, Jenna is serving more clam chowder than ever, Katie is planning to vote for Holt after all, the orca is getting along great with a local pod and is rapidly losing interest in humans, and I'm back on a ferry, headed home.

See ya soon!
Nancy

P.S. Just before I left, I saw something appear, then quickly disappear, in the channel by Katie's boat. She said it was just a log, but I'm pretty sure it was you-know-who, saying goodbye.

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