All I knew was that there was a period in the past, where travel opportunities had been a get away for the both of us, and we could rest and relax tog...ther, now these kinds of trips were an escape for me, because I didn’t want to be at home, but was that a problem, nope, not so much. I got tired of arguing, and not coming to solutions, tired of the cold nature by which there was no affection, just sex, and then, there was no help offered by either one of us to ensure that things got done. I was a few minutes early, but she popped up right away. “How was your day?” she asked brightly.“It was long,” I said with a laugh. I told her about the visits, the gifts, about the new computer and about the talk with Patrick Waterman.“He came to the house?!!?” she burst out.“He came to talk,” I said and told her what he’d said. “He’s going to sign the deal on Monday and he’ll testify against everyone else that was there.”“That’s great news, but I don’t like that you talked to him alone,” she. She lashed out with her other foot tothe man's balls and he folded over. She brought her knee with the beltup to catch the man in the jaw. His teeth crashed together and hegroaned. Jeri now wrapped the leg she first kicked him with behind hishead. She locked her legs together and held the man in a headlock.The guards, who were too surprised to move before now, dropped Claudiato the ground and grabbed for their pistols in their shoulder holsters."Stop or I'll snap his neck like a toothpick!". ..” She tapped a finger on her lips. “Chicken, rice, vegetables...”“Are you sure your Class isn’t really [Chef] or something?”“Will, people used to do stuff just fine without Classes and Skills. Bring over that bowl with the soy sauce and eggs you mixed.”Will stood up from his stool at the kitchen island and carried over the bowl in question. “I’ve never actually seen somebody make fried rice before. Why’d you put the rice in the freezer after you made it?” She even has a wok?Alaina worked her.