I didn't expect much else to happen regarding The Incident. I just thought life would go on as if it never even happened.I worked that Saturday mornin... for about four hours, and while at my office, she called me."Tonight's going to be special," she said, with a hint of playfulness in her voice.I smiled. "Sounds good. Any occasion?" I knew damn well the occasion: my birthday was that Monday."No," she said. "I just wanna have some fun." OK. I'm about done here. Will you be home when I get back?". Despite some doubt that the volunteer outfit would be of any assistance, the call was made. The volunteers arrived in a dilapidated old fire truck. They rumbled straight towards the fire, drove right into the middle of the flames and stopped! The firemen jumped off the truck and frantically started spraying water in all directions. Soon they had snuffed out the center of the fire, breaking the blaze into two easily controlled parts. Watching all this, the farmer was so impressed with the. When I got up to the pool deck around 10:15, I was happy to see Riley in “our” hot tub, same place where we’d chatted the other day. I dropped my towel and sunscreen on a nearby chair, and eased myself into the water, in between Riley and a couple of kids enjoying the warm water. She was submerged into the water to her upper chest, with two skinny white straps emerging from the water and passing over her shoulders.“Hi,” she said brightly. Her golden curls were pulled up into a bun on the top of. I'm not even sure what the actual mechanics were. I was lost in Ellen's eyes the whole time. After we were done, I couldn't hold back any longer."I love you Ellen. I love you with all my heart."She broke down crying."I love you too," she said with tears of joy streaming down her face.It was an emotional time for both of us. We kissed passionately for a while longer and then drifted off to sleep.As I left work the next day, I had the feeling that I was being watched. I didn't see anyone though,.