"She took the phone and said, "Hi, Chief Cassidy, Babs Stoker here..." she listened for a moment and answered, "Oh yes, sir, there are, indeed, three ...f the city's finest on the floor. Yes, John did take their guns away from them and they are on the floor and one seems to have a broken wrist. Otherwise they are all in good condition."They talked for a while longer. Then she handed the phone back to me and said, "Here, he wants to talk to you."I accepted the phone and said, "I'm here." I am. "He did kill himself. Our intervention prevented that death from being as permanent as Cooper thought it was going to be."Cooper's purpose in this was to try to reintegrate his knowledge and skills. As far as it went we weren't sure what might still be there as far as the physical skills went. We had both been soldiers during our own time, and we had both seen men killed and had killed men ourselves. Mine had been on a scale that Cooper had trouble grasping and his had evolved into something I. “Give me the water bottle and hold it while I drink from the straw.”He took several deep draws on it before spitting it out. “Thanks, just make sure I don’t back into my chair or the cooler, will you.”I watched him fight the fish, his arm muscles bulging and his legs fighting to maintain balance in the sand. I don’t know how long it took but the day had gotten several degrees warmer as the sun moved higher in the sky before the fish finally landed on the beach. It was beautiful to look at.“Hey,. “That was for having to use my tie on you. Now ten spanks will do it, I think. You must realize that you shouldn’t do what you did up there, little lady. They are going to get harder as I go, so you’re going to have to deal with it. Understand?” He grinned as he saw her nod again.Lee smacked her right cheek hard, followed by a rub. He smiled as he saw her jump as he spanked her and then moan as he rubbed it away. “One,” he announced loudly.Watching his hand, he lifted it up further and struck.