It’s still yours, Heather.’ Beneath that letter he found some of his old military papers – accomodations – along with a handgun he’d bought ...or protection when he and Heather had lived on a rough side of town, back when they were first starting out. Half the time he forgot the thing even existed. The accomodations made him smile in self-disgust. He hadn’t done anything worth being accomodated for in a long, long time. Jake was down to the last few sips of whiskey in the bottle when he decided. All shared that same look. Harassed to the breaking point. Mostly helpless tasks made more miserable through arbitrary changes emanating from DC. A movie they’d seen for years and years.Here, in this grimy office, I stood out because I was blonde, tall, out of place. But I didn’t sense any animosity from the supplicants. So, someone else cut in line in front of them. A tired old story. Them that has, gets; them that don’t... Lina spoke, in Spanish again, wanting to be sure there was no. “Having a picnic in the park and eating while on duty?”He shook his head. “Of course not, I eat all the time on duty or not. No I mean us listening in on the bait and wait for something to happen, and then we follow the lead, put the facts and clues together and solve a case. I mean us doing it and not a Law Logic Computronic figuring out whose mining claim was violated and then GalNet issuing a citation or a warning.”The Saresii Police Lieutenant sighed. “Yes I know exactly what you mean. I. She places her hands on her hips, this is going to be a VERY enjoyable week!Downstairs Stella is seated on a sofa, her legs crossed within the tight red leather skirts and smoking. At her feet the slave is kneeling, her powder blue rubberised silk dress billowed out around her, head bowed as Stella strokes her face lightly and she gazes into the back garden and the wind whipping the bare trees into a frenzy.? Stella! ? The deep voice makes her turn, smile and then slowly rise.? Peter! I did.