“He said he wasn’t even going to bother checking out the house. That he’d file a report, and you guys could submit a record of any missing items...at the police station ‘at your convenience, ‘ but otherwise there wasn’t anything he could do.”“And that’s not what he’s supposed to do?”“I mean, technically I guess, yeah. He could wait until you file and then keep it on record for a detective to investigate ‘at a future date,’ but its sloppy police work. He should walk the scene, talk to you guys,. OH,THATS WHAT I HERD GO THUD. YAA,(KIND OF A SHY LOOK) IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO GET USED TO HOLDING ON TO.MABEY I SHOULD GET THE SMALLER ONES NEXT TIME?NO! NO! I MEAN IT'LL BE OKAY. I'M NOT REALLY IN THE MOOD TO GO OUT TONIGHT, IF YOU WANT TO GO AND HAVE A DRINK BY YOUR SELF THAT WOULD BE ALRIGHT WITH ME! I THINK I'LL HAVE A GLASS OR TWO ANDRETIRE A LITTLE EARLY."(SHE DOESN'T KNOW THAT I REPLACED THE 82% WITH THE GOOD STUFF 110% AND QUARTER A BOTTLE OFSPANISH FLY THAT I BOUGHT LAST YEAR IN. If you're 30 plus it just looks a bit tragic, clopping round the dancefloor like an old goat slipping on ice.A good night though, but now she just wanted to be home, tucked up in bed. It was a warm night though, and at least it wasn't raining to spoil the walk. 10 minutes and she'd be back indoors. She took a left up the darkened close, Edinburgh was full of them. Some picturesque, like a scene from Harry Potter, some down which you wouldn't send your worst enemy. She'd lived here all her life. ”“I guess so!” I said. Wow! A girl after my own heart. The only reason I had three bags was my detour home from Germany. “But clothes?”“Sometime this week I’m going to need to go shopping, so pencil it in your schedule.”“And in the meantime? You going to wear that suit around the house?” For the first time I noticed Elyse’s outfit. She was wearing a tan jacket and matching wrap skirt, knee length, with a ruffled blouse peeking out from the jacket. Tan suede high-heeled pumps and sheer.