"I’ll go get some," Jim replied."Honey, do you need to?" Diana said."I’ll be back shortly, won’t take me long," he said, and he left."Well, Mrs....Bryan," Mr. Payne said. "You haven’t shown me your house. Show me around—take me on a tour." Well—all right," she replied.She led him down the hall."Here’s the den," she motioned to a room, "and right down here is the study, and there is the guest room."She halted in the doorway to the bedroom. Mr. Payne was right behind her. "This is–uh—the bedroom.". And the one thing I remember about him is the fights I used to hear her and Daddy having when they thought I was asleep. I've had fifteen years to learn how to manipulate him. And he never argues with me. If she pitted herself against me in a battle to convince Daddy of anything, she'd be lucky to get out alive."I kissed Jack on the cheek. "Don't you see? I've been worried about what she wants and it doesn't really matter. No matter what she wants, she had her chance thirteen years ago and she. "We talk a few more times between now and then. We go over the schedule of my day and I worked it so I have the entire afternoon off. We talk about going for a hike or even just go out for a picnic or something. This is a bit more than "just coffee", but we both seem totally into it. Have you noticed that our conversations, once laden with sexy and teasing talk, has become pure as fresh snow? I have. I think we are both a bit nervous as to what may or may not happen.Then the day finally. You know that she’s still a Deputy Marshal and was Chuck Johnson’s Agency partner, which makes her good to have along. Make sure she’s packing because you never know. I’m surprised that she can stand to be away from her babies that long. I’ll bet she’s going crazy by the time you get home.”Janet said, “Probably, but I really like her. Her doctor friend is sort of special to all of us lately, because we visited with them when you were in school and we’re all invited to go play over there again.