Twenty A few days after the bachelor auction, Alastair got a heads-up from Maya Badger. Waverly had asked to look at the police report on the plane crash. “I don’t know what she’s after, but I got the idea that she was trying to find out if you messed with the crash site. Why, I don’t know. But I’d watch your back if I were you,” she warned him. Always, when it came to the Berensons. Time to tell Waverly to take a hike. He chose a public place—the boardwalk—hoping to minimize the drama. Waverly could be very unpredictable with her on-demand tears. “Nice place for a showdown,” she quipped as she joined Alastair on the walkway that ran along the harbor. “It’s like High Noon, Alaska-style. Are you going to dump me in the water?” Alastair gestured at a “Kids Don’t Float” case near the to