"You did good work yesterday Captain. We got that case all wrapped upat 0420 this morning." He told me. "And the Senator is in the clear, soI guess th...t's double kudos for both you and Mina. She really was anasset to you wasn't she?" "Yes Sir she really was. But I definitely won't make a habit ofincluding her in things like that." I shivered. "It was supposed to bea training exercise." Yes it was, we just got lucky to catch it before it got out of hand."He sat for a minute then asked, "So why. “Did you come?” I asked.She didn’t bother to answer, because the question shouldn’t have been asked.We shifted to lighter conversation, catching up, and soon we were chatting and laughing like the good friends we were.“Gladys is living with me at the cottage, but she’s at the inn during the day getting things cleaned up for the tourist season.” Ava said, as we drove her old car off of the ferry and onto the island at last.Ava and I had often used to have dinner at the inn, I thought of Gladys. She would be my first. "thank you shelly this is exactly what I need" I said. she smiled and began to walk away to help someone else and I could smell her perfume as she walked past me. it was fruity, something a teenage girl would wear. I had to find a way to get her. she was going to be mine...I filled my cart with some materials and went home to start working on my dungeon. I cleared out my basement and put up all my sound proofing materials. and then I installed a deadbolt on the door. Tess definitely was. Charlie carried her bag into her normal room and set it on her bed. They hugged again. She’d always loved the way his body enveloped hers. Tess watched as he started putting her clothes in the dresser and closet, making comments about what he did and didn’t like. He’d done this for years, and it affected what she wore around the house, probably more than she realized. He commented on how many clothes she had, especially the huge stack of underwear. “You can wear as.