At least the mysterious female was sleeping and breathing normally.I thought of the variety of films that I had watched with the poor victim waking up...next to a naked bloody corpse with no recollection of his actions the night before.I tentatively reached out an inquisitive finger to poke the strange woman in her beautiful ass to see her reaction.She stirred a little and even reached back with a hand wearing a huge wedding ring with a sparkling diamond in the center informing me that she was. I left Paige standing there for a few moments. She was nervous, more visibly nervous than I was. I didn’t quite know what to do, so I left her hanging. Not the most gracious thing to do, but I’m insecure. By the time I made my way around to her, I knew what I was going to do. Paige had a glazed look on her face as I circled around to look her in the eyes. ‘And I imagine that this enchanting creature is Miss d’Lephant.’ ‘Yes sir,’ said Mr. Stefani, the owner of the restaurant. ‘She is the. You were both shot in the ambush and she died in your arms. Are you having trouble? Do you need to see me again?" she asked. "I see you on the news every now and then. You are one of those heroes that just can't ride off into the sunset."At this revelation every eye was on me. It was more information than I had told anyone. I knew I would have to explain later."Yes, that is correct. No, I am fine. I have a friend of a friend that was assaulted. She is taking it really bad." I filled her in. One thing for sure, I didn't want to remove the scab that was covering the wound of the events leading to my divorce. I didn't want to bleed again, poor metaphor that that may be.I wandered into the kitchen and stood there a moment. I almost went through the motions of making a sandwich until I realized that I wasn't hungry. The ring of the phone momentarily startled me then I grimaced, knowing who the caller must be.I picked up the phone and mumbled a "hello." Max, it's me, Jackie." There was.