“Found it in my other jacket. Oh, Mike! I’m so sorry!” she started to well up as she sat on the bed next to me.“I’ve been such a bitch to yo.... I can’t believe what’s happening to me. A shitty job, a fucking asshole husband who leaves me for his secretary.” she started to sob. I put my arm around her and tried to console her.“No Micheal. I mean, you’re the only one who supports me and I crap on you too as soon as something goes wrong.” She was crying now. “I’m depressed, broke, I haven’t been. A small horse trail led up the crumbled face, leading to the top of the mesa and hundreds of square miles of dry, scrub-covered flats, sprinkled with gullies, dry washes and small canyon systems. It was a great place to ride and let the horse and rider test each other. Riding up the horse trail to the top of the mesa was an exercise in patience. Riding down the trail was an exercise in faith. The trail was narrow and the cliff was steep. This afternoon as we came down the trail, we could see. ”Sam laughed and bumped me, “Have him go look at the ship.”I grinned, “It’s at the end of the private dock if you want to go help search it.”He grinned, “Anything to get out for a little while.”We watched him leave and Sam sat on his desk, “Let see, we have the murdered man that was part of the crew. The assault and attempted murder of the duke’s Kristin. A conspiracy to smuggle something into the city and a corrupt harbor master.”I smiled as she made notes and turned as the door opened. Guards. He whispered in her ear, “I want to make love to you, and I want you to make love to me.” She sighed longingly, and responded with a breathy “Yes, I would like that very much.” He slipped the thin strap of her dress off her shoulder and very lightly ran his lips over the bare skin then kissed the spot where his lips stopped….. He continued across her chest to her other shoulder. She shuddered with pleasure, and could feel herself getting wet between her legs. She wanted him so badly, but not.