He pulled out a chair for Joyce, glided her up to the table and kissed her neck before claiming his seat at her side."Where is Tucker?" Joyce signed t... her sister. She angled her head to the side and waited for an explanation as to why her sister's date was not at the table with them.Abigail blushed and placed her goblet of white wine down on the table then lifted her delicate fingers and signed back to her sister and her brother-in-law. "Tucker is a Doctor and was called in on an emergency.". Finally, after much hugs, handshakes, kiss, tears and laughs we sat down to a wonderful meal. As the meal was winding down, I asked one of the wait staff if I could settle the bill. When the young man returned, he gave me a sealed envelope and when I opened it, there was a letter from my client saying that he was picking up the bill as a gesture of thanks for my good service and wishing Jordan and me all the best. The limo arrived to pick all four of us up and we delivered Wilson and Trish at. Dammit. Why couldn’t I read his mind? The pause and the silence were killing me. Part of me said to simply turn and leave and part of me said “No, be brave and take your chance.”“Am I dismissed?” I asked.“Yes,” he replied. A flood of emotions raged within me. I was mad at myself, and relieved at the same time, for putting myself in an awkward position of assuming there might be something there, when there probably wasn’t.As I turned the doorknob to leave the Lieutenant’s office, he softly. "I'm sosorry, Marla!" Tonya apologized. "I didn't mean to make you wait. Youready to go?" Yeah, sweetie," Marla smiled. "Don't worry about it. We had some funwhile we waited, didn't we?" she grinned, looking across the table atme."Yes, Marla," I quietly affirmed, blushing, and the blond waitress gavea somewhat puzzled little laugh.She had laid the packet down in front of Marla, recognizing she was incharge and would do the paying as she had the ordering. Marla quicklyscanned it and gave her a.