Perry Mason went back home to find Della waiting for him in the kitchen with a cup of coffee. He reached over and gave her a big kiss and hug with his large loving arms and they held each other for a few moments.
As Della handed him a coffee they took a seat at the table and Della waited for her husband to tell her about what had happened when they had gone to see George Chin.
Perry took a sip of his much needed coffee and looked at his wife. She was indeed his partner, and he had been so lucky to find her. He smiled and then told her about George Chin. "Della this man who owns a clam shack lives in a home that you and I could never afford. His home is a compound not a home. There is something wrong with a man who lives like that and works at a small shack such as that." he told her.
This was indeed strange. Della thought that perhaps Mr. Chin had just done it for fun. But there had to be something to explain his wealth.
Paul Drake got up in the morning and started to look into George Chin. George Chin was and still was a very successful computer salesman and representative. He went all over the world selling his goods and had a large contact with some of the social media also. His wealth was explained, and unfortunately explained why he no longer wanted to work at the clam shack. His wealth had come in just the past five years or at least most of it.
The Clam Shack had always been a good business, but George Chin was now in his fifties and did not need the income. He sold the business and was planning to move to Arizona soon. But everything seemed a little too convenient and Paul was going to look into him further. But, now he was going to have to dig very deep.
In the meantime Lori and Sue had been busy with the shower that they were going to be having for Della this coming Saturday. Sally wanted to help with the shower and so Lori had told her sister Della that she would like to have Sally come on over and help with little Mike. "Sally has been dying to see him and she has the day off on Friday. This way Jen can have the day off and Aunt Lori can have some time with her niece" Lori told her.
Della was not fooled she knew that her sister was up to something but she was glad that Lori was interested in taking Sally. Della and her best friend Sue along with her sister were now going to be the mothers of five children. Della couldn't be happier.
Sally was so excited to go over to her Aunt Loir's house. She was going to be able to play with her friend Paul and see the babies. She couldn't wait.
At Aunt Loir's Sally worked hard putting together things and coloring pictures for her new baby brother. She also got to hold little Mike and little Maddie. Aunt Lori took pictures of Sally as she smiled with pride in the big chair with the baby in her arms. Sally was very careful and she thought that Maddie smiled at her.
But it was getting time for mommy and daddy to come over for another barb-q at Aunt Lori and Uncle Mike's and everything had to be put away. Sally hurried and helped Aunt Sue and Aunt Lori hide everything and had just finished as Uncle Paul pulled into the driveway.
Paul and Sally ran out to see their dad and uncle and Paul took them both by the hands. He had a busy day and was looking forward to a supper with his friends. There had not been much news about George Chin as of yet, but he had one of his best men working on it for him.
Everyone had arrived at Uncle Mike and Aunt Lori's house by six that evening and they all sat around to enjoy a steak dinner with corn on the cob and potato salad. Everyone ate and enjoyed each other's company together. They were all best of friends and even though the Drake's were not related they were part of the family as far as everyone was concerned.
George Chin was a man of patience, but he thought that he needed to leave town. Paul Drake was not a man to take lightly and Perry Mason was a brilliant lawyer and man. As George made plans to leave for not Arizona but South America he was going to get out of the country, he hoped.
He had started his company very naïve and although he had been in business for years, his computer business had gone through the roof. With the advancement of social media and some wise investments he had become a multi millionaire overnight. But then the competition had started to get to him and he was not doing as well as appearances would indicate.
On a trip to Central America he had been asked to make a small delivery. He knew it was drugs, but they just gave him a package. He had delivered it and then he had gotten deeper and deeper into things. George was sure that the federal government was going to be picking him up soon. Then this pesky murder. He had nothing to do with it, he had just about given the business to those two people.
Now he was being forced to make quick moves and he was worried about what was going to happen to him. He was the fool that had delivered drugs and he was the fool that had spent all that money, and now he was the fool that was going to have to pay he thought to himself.
Ryan Black, was the man who worked for Paul Drake , He was busy looking into things and had come across the talk that George Chin had been involved in drug trafficking. He also found that there was a second and a third mortgage on his house and Mr. Chin was broke.
The next morning at the Mason household Lori got her sister and family to go to the Kavanough once again. Everyone knew that this was her shower, but Perry and Della acted very surprised. The shower was wonderful and Della was thrilled to see her parents and Perry's parents there. Dave came and this time he had not stopped at their house first. They wondered where he had stayed. The shower was a big success.
'Now to finish this investigation and to find out who the murderer is.' Perry thought to himself. The date was now May 8th and the baby was due in thirteen days.
As the shower wound down Paul told Perry about what his man had found out about George Chin. "He is still digging and will get back to me as soon as he hears anything." Paul told him.
The shower over and everyone happy Perry's and Della's parents all came back to the Mason home. The shower was still going on it seemed. Everyone from the family showed up and they had a great time together. Everything was good at the home of the Masons.
