" Michael promptly got up. Sounds of a hushed conversation were heard as Anne and her parents continued chatting. A minute later Michael returned, fol...owed by a tall black man in overalls who stood a pace behind him."It's the plumber," Michael announced, seeming a bit at a loss."Something broken?" Yes, one of the pipes in our bathroom. He's going to fix it now. Jess, why don't you come up with me and we'll show him what's wrong." Sure," Jessica replied, "no need for you to get up mom, dad.. Somewhere during that discussion I started to come back to life. I begun to think I was going to "live" after all.As Donna was getting ready to go back to her dorm said to me, "I think Gloria made a big mistake in leaving you Jason. I also think you need to get your head out and go on with your life. Give me a call sometime." With that parting shot she left.She was right; I was acting like a little boy that lost his favorite toy and was pouting. It was time to grow up, straighten up, and get on. She was slim, but not too slim. Her hips swayed a little when she walked, and she had a habit of wearing skintight plaid trousers and a perfectly tight jacket top that flared out at the bottom. For easily the first two weeks that she’d been in the department, nobody had been able to concentrate when she was walking away from them – or towards. She didn’t wear low-cut shirts, because she didn’t have to. Her hips drew inward to a perfectly toned stomach and of course she wore close-fitting shirts. .."Dianna touched the back of Hunter's head. "No, Hunter, you wouldn't have." How do you know?" he began angrily, only to reach up and grab her hand to hold it against his cheek as his tears flowed harder. "I'm sorry," he sobbed."I know, Hunter." Dianna's eyes were full of tears as well as she gazed into Mira's beautiful face, still in death. "We'll miss her too."Hunter nodded, his shoulders shaking as he tried to hold back the sobs that wanted to tear him apart. He couldn't let go of Mira, not.