Thank you for being her friend all those years." That was easy: I like her a lot. Will that be all? I need to go to class." Oh, I'm sorry, of course. ...hank you again and have a Merry Christmas."When the connection broke Maureen left her office to visit Derek Jacobsen, a fellow ADA in the office and the resident evangelist for the Cult of Apple. He had talked her into getting her new phone, and so far she could not complain."Hi Derek. Listen, I want to buy my daughter a laptop for Christmas and. " Now look sheriff, I think this should be a combined bust and investigation." No, it won't be combined. I called for backup and forensics. Your men arrived too late to back us up and we already had the suspects under arrest when the first of your men arrived. Do you want to call them off or do I call your Commander and feed him the facts? Your choice Sergeant." Ok sheriff, we'll do it your way."He started sending his men back to their patrol duties and kept four there to help guard the. And once in the sorority, they could spend the weekend holed up in her room. Sunday night, he’d wave goodbye, and Claire would be done with her visit.She filled a small suitcase with some of her things, just in case anyone looked inside. She and Tom went to a thrift store and got him a couple of outfits: one to arrive and one to leave in.With classes scheduled to start Monday, she spent Thursday afternoon giving Tom his makeover. He removed all the hair from below his eyebrows with a. I quickly snapped out of my thoughts!Me: Anything will do. I really don’t want to think anything right now!Her: Why so? Have you anything more important to think about?I suddenly became a bit defensive wondering if I was staring at her and if she saw me doing that.Me: No no…you are cooking for me, so I will leave it entirely to you!She soon served me my meal and as I was about to finish my meal…Her: Have some more, you must be hungryMe: No, I am stuffed…it was awesome to have good foodHer: You.