"What's wrong, Melanie?" he looked worried."I can't do this anymore," I told him."Can't do what?"Closing my eyes, I took a deep breath. Even under the...awning at his front door, the rain felt cleansing to me. "I can't fly all over the world and leave everyone who is important to me behind. It's not fair to them and it's not fair to me." What are you talking about, Mel?" I quit my job yesterday," I said. "I'm going home. I don't know what I'm going to do yet, but I'll figure something out." Where. “You’re dating his daughter, Alejandra, aren’t you?”It wasn’t really a question. I shrugged.“Yeah. We had a little misunderstanding a few weeks ago but I think we’ll work it out.”José María laughed.“I heard about that. Her mom is something else, right?”My jaw must have dropped, because José María chuckled.“It’s not like the Bureau has spies everywhere, Michael, but we hear things, you know?”I nodded.“Look,” he continued, “I’m not going to go into detail, but people talk. Our job is to listen,. I probably did. I had barely slept in three days, and hadn't taken a shower once or even ran a comb through my bushy, brown hair. Leah looked tired, dark bags beneath her eyes, but she smelled of rose soap and lavender shampoo, and her skin was white and lustrous."You had us worried," I told her.Jacob swept the both of us up in a hug, his thick glasses askew as he kissed Leah just as passionately and lovingly as I had. "Are you okay?" he gently asked, caressing her cheek."I'm fine," Leah. "Oh, John, I wish he were here lying next to me now." She could almost feel his ardent kiss lighting the fire of passion. She fell asleep dreaming of him.She was not sure just what had awakened her, but she was certain that she felt a soft caress down her the middle of her back. It sends shivers through her, and for a moment, she thought he was with her. She purred seductively and turned over. "I love you John," to only discover she was alone in bed. She blinked her eyes a couple of times.