"Admiral, Admiral Morris wants to know if you approved the appeal he put to you last week."Jules was refilling their coffee mug when AJ started out of...the break room. She followed him to give him the coffee mug, but hung back while he talked quickly with the other Admiral.Mac watched them go and followed Harriet when she, too, left the break room. She asked Harriet again, "Harriet, what's wrong?" When she just turned her huge eyes to Mac and motioned for her to look Mac turned to look at the. "I wondered if emeralds were more expensive than diamonds. For the first time I began wondering if I had enough money to marry a multi-millionaire.While the family gathered for our Fourth of July reunion I was kept busy telling and re-telling my story. The next day Mom, Aunt Al and K'deesha were halfway across the Atlantic by the time I was testifying in court. While I was in court it turned out that Genevieve had been busy. When I went back to the precinct a tech crew was finishing installing. She knows she would rather cut off her right arm. She won’t divorce her husband, stripping the family of his company and, more importantly, his income. She knows that if there were a divorce, her husband would get custody of their daughter. She is unsure how her daughter will think of her if she finds out. Candice needs her whole family and decides that she will find a way to keep them all together, with her son being more or less a second husband to her.She did find it hard at times not to. Looking back, I’m sure I didn’t have to wait long for him to arrive, but at the time it felt like an age. He came around the back and I opened the gate, shaking. Nothing was said and I led him into the kitchen. As soon as I knew it, I was told to stand facing against the wall and not move a muscle, hands above my head, legs open. He dragged a finger slowly down my back and his face came close to the back of my neck ear. I could feel his warm breath as he traced a finger down my neck and ran his.