Give everyone my love. Night.”I put the phone down and headed to my office to do a bit more writing. No time like the present to get all of my thoug...ts down.My thoughts were interrupted by two chimes from my phone. I paused and thought about seeing who had texted me. I typed on for about twenty more minutes. Then two more chimes about three minutes apart. My mind thought, what does my wife want now, she should be in bed.Picking up my phone, I had four texts from an unfamiliar number. Curious as. . and candlelight would have been so much more romantic!"Back at her house, Rhonda asked me to carry in the very substantial box of goodies she'd bought while she talked to Joey ... I thought that was odd but didnt say anything.When she walked in she was all smiles, though and helped me unpack the few things that needed to go in the fridge. She lifted a bottle of Merlot in one hand and a bottle of grape juice in the other. she went to the sink and poured out the juice then filled that bottle. I've also enrolled in several online courses that deal with security hardware and electronic and video surveillance, plus I've been doing a lot of research on biometrics"Ken blinked. Well. It looked like he just discovered what Jane had been doing with her time."I see." He didn't know what else to say."Sir, if you feel there's someone more suited, I will turn over the information that I have to whomever that is." Um, no, Jane. But you have to admit, that this is a bit of a surprise," he. The weight of her predicament finally resting fully on her shoulders, she felt sure to be crushed beneath it. The sobs she had tried to conceal earlier came with full force now, and her body was wracked violently by them so that her ribs burned and her breath came in shallow gasps. In an instant, he was kneeling before her, hands reaching up to gently hold her arms, his shoulder there to catch her head as it slumped and she bawled like a child. His arms gently wrapped around her and he.