’ When I awoke it was turned ten am. My shoulder ached and my eyes felt like I had grit in them. I went and showered and shaved and felt a little be...ter but not much and a cup of strong coffee and some toast and a banana at least gave me a bit of energy but did not improve the dull headache that nagged behind my eyes. I refilled my coffee mug and made a cup of tea and took it in for Lorraine. She was awake but looked almost as bad as I felt, I did not mention the conversation of the night. Are we okay?” I asked hesitantly.He shot me a stunned look. “Of course we are ... did everything go okay with Don?”I took a deep breath and breathed a sigh of relief. “Everything went fine.”He took a sip of his drink and looked seriously into my eyes.“Before we did this, one of our rules was that we were going to be open and honest with each other about everything we’d done and neither of us wanted to keep secrets. Does that still stand?”“Yes, of course it does.”I was the one who’d insisted we. "Careful, Beth, we have to go to work tomorrow." "Thanks, Chaz!" "Anytime!" I could only hope! Anytime, anywhere... Weeks passed, and I could sense that Chaz was interested in me. Maybe it was the way he looked at me, the way he smiled at me, or a combination of things. But I wasn't quite expecting this... "Beth?" "Oh, hi," I smiled a startled a smile. "Sorry I scared you." "It's alright." We tended to do that a lot. "I have an odd question." "Ask it..." "If I. “I could not have asked for a better man to marry my daughter.”, she smiled, holding my hand. I informed the woman I would take the ring and pulled my checkbook from my back pocket. She asked about the ring size and Jennifer mentioned that Lexie had the same ring size that she did. So, the woman measured Jennifer and recorded the ring size. She then turned to me and asked me a question I had not thought of. “Is your fiancé active on the street during her shifts?”, she asked. “Yes, she patrols.