”Penny looked down in embarrassment. The kindness and gentleness of these two was beyond belief.“I’ll clear this lot away.”She started to stac... the used china and cutlery beside the sink.“No!” said Caroline. “Use the dishwasher. Quicker and simpler!”“But I don’t know how to.”“Hang on a mo and I’ll show you.”They dealt with that and went upstairs. Caroline banged on Peter’s door.“Have you finished in the bathroom?” she called.“Two minutes!”“Give me a shout and I can come and use it while Penny. Diana was the Mayor of the town that I had grown up in. I had since moved to the big city thirty minutes to the west. It had been a while since I had talked to her, though she did send me a, ‘Happy Birthday’ text a few weeks ago.On the way over to her house, I figured that her husband, Robert was out of town. Probably on business, if I had to guess. That was usually when she called me, though not every time. As far as I knew, Robert didn’t know about us.No, I don’t feel bad about it, because. I shrugged and went to the small opening.An officer looked up from the computer monitor in front of him. He was big, both tall and heavy, but he sat in a cheap leather office chair and stared at me as if I had interrupted his Saturday morning cartoons. “Can I help you?” he asked. His tone matched his expression.“Yes, my name is Seth Connors and I wanted to talk to someone about the investigation into my father’s disappearance.”“Are you here to report a missing person?” he asked, his voice dry. Oh, while I like my coffee vanilla I want my sex to be anything but. I spend hour's hanging out at the local library and I know many of the librarians well, some very well. About a week ago a new librarian caught my eye. I do not know why. Her hair was a mess; she had no idea on how to use make up and her clothes, well she is fashion’s equivalent to the titanic. Given all this I was getting quite wet and the telltale tingle was clearly present. I immediately struck up a conversation and fell in.