He thought for a long moment. Even as long as he's known Pippa, he didn't know much about her personal life. It wasn't that she had an issue with honesty, she was simply a very private person. It was hard to say what she did in most of her off hours. Although..."Her grandmother lives on Martha's Vineyard. She's a fairly feisty old woman from what little Pippa's said about her. Maybe she took off last minute to see her?"

It sounded far-fetched to him, still the issue of the dog.

"She doesn't much about family, I'm not sure she's particularly close to them..."