She mock glared at me, and growled " I am so going to pay you back for that! Settle down, and I will tell you how my day went, after you 'disappeared'..."After you dived into that panier, the Sheriff sort of went insane. He not only thought you had vanished, but that I had turned into someone else, as well! He had thought I was a runaway, of about 14- that was what the 'vision' he was having about us was registering on his brain. Oh, and you were a sleazy bearded biker stereotype, with tatoos and. Awkward as she lay there, but nevertheless beautiful and charming. Each round curve offering a promise of comfort to his needs. Providing the response necessary to make him a man. ‘So, I’m gonna hit the road,’ he told her, his voice filled with an early morning gruffness, ‘Got stuff to do.’ She merely regarded him. Maybe she was at loss for the events of the past night too. He gathered up his clothes and pulled them on. ‘So, I’ll see ya round?’ he asked as he stood in the open doorway. She. What now? She might be in Havenport. Then again, I could be way off. It might be somewhere else altogether. Then another thought struck me. I wondered if her phone calls were being monitored. Maybe even her room. If these people were playing secret agent, then anything was possible. I wondered how I might warn her. There was a way. It wasn't subtle. I'd ask her.I knew Nicole would call home before she called me. Jimmy's bedtime was eight-thirty, so I expected to hear from her sometime after. ?In the golden candlelight, my wife’s features didn’t flinch. She really did make the perfect corpse.?Hey, I brought you some flowers?baby roses?your favorite.?I stood up and, leaning over the bed, laid the flowers on my wife’s breast, carefully unfolding and refolding her hands over the bouquet. Inspired, I pinched off a couple of blooms.?I want to decorate you sweetheart.?I placed a rose in her hair behind each of her ears and kissed her lightly on her cool, unresponsive lips. I looked down.