“Hi, Pumpkin!” I replied as she nearly bowled me over.I swept her up in my arms, hugged her tightly, exchanged a kiss on the forehead for one on t...e cheek, then put her down to hug Ashley and Stephie.“Hi, Babe,” I said once the kids had their hugs.“Hi, Tiger! How was St. Martin!”“A typical vacation for your Tiger!” I chuckled.“Of course it was!” Jessica laughed. “Come upstairs to unpack and you can fill me in!”“Gladly,” I replied with a leer.Birgit rolled her eyes as Jessica and I went upstairs. "James first job was to clean out the hearth and lay a new fire. This wasdirty work, so when he was finished Maisie had him repeat the same thingfor the other 3 rooms that would see use in the morning."This way you only have to change your uniform once," said Maisie.They spent the rest of the morning cleaning and dusting. On one occasionJames came face to face with Lady Isabelle and remembered just in time tocurtsey. Lady Isabelle gave no indication of having noticed him at all.The rest of the. He always told them to run in case of an emergency and he would take care of himself. The 3 tellers who were with Barrett ran out the back exit. Relatively little cash was out in the open, so Barrett, went into the safe and locked himself in (after making sure the girls has safely exited). He was not a coward. He made sure the girls got out and he put himself in place where he could not get shot. Barrett did hit the alarm switch and he did manage to get into the safety of the safe. There was. ”He actually looked uncharacteristically unsure of himself as he said, “Maybe that is the place to start then. I want to know if I can come home and we can be husband and wife again.” My heart soared with happiness.I said, “Of course you can. I wanted to talk with you about that too. I feel like I have come to an understanding with myself and that I will never let you down again.”He said, “Well that leads me to what I have to say. There is one condition for my coming home.”I felt a chill. I.