‘Ah, you must be Detective Cummings. I’m Sean Moynahan– oh, is this the legendary object of our Commander’s affection?’ He took the red cro...bar from her, examining it, tapping it in his hand as we all watched. ‘Yes, I can see why you like to carry this, Commander.’ he said, handing it back to me. ‘It’s his Palladium, Chief.’ Cindy said. ‘Hello, Chief.’ I said, having finally calmed down. ‘Allow me to introduce you to your Major Crimes Division…’ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I thought I. " Well, that's a relief."She was silent for a while, then finally,"Jack?" Hmm." Do you think I'm silly?" Is this one of those trick questions that I can't answer without getting into trouble?" No. Your mom got me thinking." Yeah, she has a way of doing that." I was thinking that maybe I was being silly." OK. I'll bite. How do you think you might have been silly?" Acting the way I did. Not giving either of them a chance to talk. Crying like a baby." Jill, you were upset. No matter how much what. .................................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some six years later, I was coming to the end of my schooldays at the Grammar School which I had attended since the age of eleven having passed the Entrance Examination during my time in Miss Clark's class. It was games afternoon and three of us were out on a 'Cross Country' run which brought us back to the school through. I don’t think I was ever in love with her, but we sure raised a lot of hell for a long time. That was over twenty five years ago. Why I was attracted to her is still a mystery to me. She wasn’t particularly attractive, she just happened to be there when I got the urge. We went to her dump apartment out on the beach and screwed each other stupid for two days. Say what you will about her, but she was a dynamo in the sack. She had a good body, not great, but good. She was a little pushy and made.