" I said as I turned to Grace and gave her a hug. Tears were running down her face as we said our goodbyes.Grace came back home that evening and after...going out to dinner we went back home where I helped her unpack some of her stuff so we could go to bed. I was afraid that I might not be able to perform but sight of her body was all I needed to regain our marital intimacies.The next morning we had breakfast together before going off to our respective jobs and we smiled and laughed together like. " A nurse called from the doorway.I set the magazine on the table and stood up, following the nurse down the hall. She weighed me on the hallway scale, then led me into an office, closing the door behind her."Just take a seat right here." The nurse said gesturing to a chair next to the table.She reached for the blood pressure cuff, "I'm just going to quickly take your blood pressure." She said wrapping the cuff around my left arm.As I sat there I looked around the room at all the pregnancy. Not that helping the cops was a special occasion, but it seemed like a good time to get some wear out of them. I still went with my signature knit toboggan. It was warm and hid my wild hair. Since she was a hair stylist, Lucy was always on me about my hair.For breakfast I had the choice of a bran muffin or a bowl of bran cereal. I had fresh milk, so I went with the cereal. I had the bowl to be washed in the small sink. It was so small that the soup bowl, coffee cup, various smaller items made. The women behind me started to chatter about Wooly and his temperament. My grizzled sergeant kept his own thoughts hidden behind his neutral face, which was fine with me since the fine dust particles were annoying me. “It won’t take long before the lancers get ahead enough for the dust to settle,” I thought.My mind drifted as I surveyed the countryside, while getting the feel of riding a mule again. Off to the sides, we saw large pastures with grazing sheep and rutted trails. The unimproved.