“Thank you very much for my Christmas gift,” he said. “It’s what I’ve always wanted.” They shared a little chuckle at his deliberately cli...hed thanks.“Well, I’ve always heard about the pleasure of giving. That was a gift that I definitely enjoyed giving.”“Oh,” he said, “I love you.” He turned off the light, and they settled into a spoon.If the alarm came too soon, it woke her from a comfortable sleep. Showered, dressed, and carrying her gifts and the stethoscope, she went down for breakfast.“Do. ”“Uh,” Jeff interrupted to respond to Ship, “I think you and I need to have a discussion about married couples.”“But...”“Later,” he insisted.“Yes, Prime.”Dave caught Jeff’s eye. “Let’s have some coffee in the lounge and we’ll give you a synopsis of what happened during the mission.”“The AI has already sent me the trip data,” Ship offered, “I can condense it and mentally send it to my Prime.”“We’ll discuss that when we get to the lounge,” Jeff told her, “and as I’ve said before, although the. He appeared to take great pride and joy in the execution of all of his household duties. During the frequent times when Victoria was out late at work, and they were alone, she was able to coax him out of his self imposed shell to be the amazingly engaging person that she knew he could be. They spent hours discussing and debating a myriad variety of topics, as well as continuing his ongoing tutelage in the finer culinary arts, or in the many intricacies of financial trading. She came to more. She began to gather the equipment she would need to finally get the Governor where she wanted him, in a grave.Getting her hands on real explosives was problematic at best. Access to explosives was tightly controlled and inventory closely watched. Even if she could steal some, there were sensors on almost every modern building that were designed to detect those substances, along a plethora of other deadly equipment. Guns, for example, were available, she had the two pistols she had stolen from.