’ She then let out a whoop of joy and jumped up and into my arms. I reached into my jacket pocket and produced our original engagement ring, it had...been my mother’s ring and Amanda had returned it when we had been divorced. Now she had it back again and I was overwhelmed by the look of adoration in her eyes as she looked down at it once more, back where it belonged. We kissed for what seemed like only seconds before a quiet cough behind me alerted me to the others standing there with huge. Unfortunately for me, the defendants were each guilty as sin and each wanted me to help him get away with his crimes. Sure, I took their money (actually their parents' money usually) but I felt myself slipping down the moral rat hole. I didn't feel good about circumventing justice for the well-heeled. I would be happy to live in poverty if I could only defend those unjustly accused.But I had learned during my time on the job that the police do thorough work and if you're arrested, there's a. Salt's Peak.The city of Salt's peak was a bustling trade town on the edge of the empire. Named after the large while rocks that jut up out of the water in it's bay, it was the perfect place to make a name for herself. She wasn't just going to help people, she was gonna be remembered as one of the greats.She heads below deck to collect her things. Money was tight every since leaving her arcane studies behind, and was all but gone after paying her way on this ship. She did still have quite a few. But it was something I had thought long and hard about.I'd given it my best shot, and Giselle had ignored my efforts totally. Too caught up in her affair to know she had lost me ... or perhaps she just didn't care? It didn't really matter anymore at this point. The papers would be served on Giselle the following Friday while she was either at work or at her lovers.Am I running out on her you may ask? Yes. Yes I am. It hurts me too much to face her with her infidelity. I know that were I to.