Lucille had hit on it, no one liked to be call off a case till all the leads were exhausted. They were all worked to death of course, but he was the o...e who should have made that decision. So maybe it was about career closure, he thought as he pulled into the neighborhood.Speaking of unfinished business he needed to decide what he had to do next on the house renovation. He was trying to do it in some logical order while living in the house. Thinking about the house was his distraction.He parked. I get up and just follow the smell. I see you there; standing at the cooker, back to be. I come up behind you, encircling your waste with my arms and kissing the back of your neck. "Morning, again.", I say. You just push back against me and wiggle your bum. Stirrings below. "Later boy." I think to myself.We eat, dress and enter the big wide world. A day of sightseeing and the dreaded shopping. Returning to the villa mid afternoon. I decide to have a wander back to the village. Saw the village. My response was, "Maybe later, after he carries out his current assignment of heading up the forces intercepting vessels attempting to avoid our new tariffs. Let me speak to him." This gave me an opportunity to broach my ideas for carrying out his assignment. I advised him to video all transgressions of our tariffs but not to interfere with vessels entering the gulf since we wanted any vessel apprehended to be fully loaded with petroleum products. But those that were outbound and had not paid. Jean took the chain from me and put it around my neck. Can you imagine my surprise when I looked down and saw the pendant. It was about a half inch long and I looked closer. I could hardly believe it. The pendant was a little silver cherry. I was so flabbergasted I grabbed her and gave her one of my best house-afire kisses. I had to support Jean so she didn't collapse due to her shaky legs. School rules be-damned; I kissed 'my girl'. Once she recovered I walked her hand-in-hand to her next.