*The sun has set behind the wooded hills between Ryde and the Medinaestuary, its departure clearing the way for the lights shining fromGosport, Portsm...uth, Southsea and Hayling Island to play their part indefying the encroaching darkness. Through the starboard windows of thesaloon deck I follow them eastward until they shrink into insignificance;a few minutes into the crossing and my reflection, so different from theimage I've become accustomed to, has masked all but the brightest.I feel as if. But I pretended I did not know.Me – “I don’t understand what you are talking about.”Di – “You don’t need to. Just keep these words in mind. That’s it.”I kept silent. Then we finished dinner and headed towards home. She got fresh and changed. Then I went inside our room for a change as well. She was back in her loose tank top similar to what she was wearing the other day. This was pink in color and was elegantly presenting her fair skin.My eyes were naturally drawn to it. But I controlled myself. We waited a moment for the detective to reach us. “Okay, they are ready for us. We’ll go through these double doors and immediately to the left is the entrance to their offices. Once in there we will only need one of you to come in and identify the… identify her. Are you ready?” I nodded and we followed him through the doors and into an anteroom where there were doors into several offices and then a wider door into… into the morgue. Squeezing my wife’s hand I took a deep breath and then let go. ‘Of course I can get wet, I’m a witch, I don’t melt. You’ve seen too many movies. At what restaurant do I need a bathing suit?’ ‘My apartment, we have an indoor pool. I want to make you dinner and then go swimming.’ I could tell she was very hesitant, but she went along with me. I made us salad, spaghetti and we had garlic bread. ‘Can you have garlic bread,’ I asked. ‘John, you need to forget this stuff you see in the movies. I can have anything, and do anything you do. I’m just able to do a.