Ray took the money and put the shoe box it had been hidden in back where he found it.Later when Eve came home he faked being deep in sleep.The next mo...ning Eve told Ray she was taking a month off from her job and going on a cruise. Eve said she wanted some time to decide if she wanted to stay married to him or break it up.Ray put on a show of surprise and sorrow at her statement.He asked when she was leaving and if she her plans were made.Eve told Ray she had already told her boss and was going. I managed to take off enough time to drive down to the Syracuse airport and pick her up, and then we drove back to Watertown. Unlike some past weekends, I wouldn’t be able to spend much time with her, just evenings. I left her my Subaru. The day before we were to deploy, we loaded all my gear that I wasn’t taking to Iraq into the back of the Subaru. I could have stored it in the secured storage at the motor pool but saw no reason for that. My brothers could drive it until I returned. Then I. When the children were young, a snooze on the sofa was a luxury, and in those days they had rarely needed it. But now with the children older, it still seemed a little naughty, but a quick sleep after lunch certainly had a fortifying effect. He usually read a book for a while until his eyelids grew heavy, and then shut his eyes with the book on his stomach. He was reposed this way when the telephone bell jarred him out of his dream and back to reality. Daniele tried to answer the phone before. ” Belinda said. “Oh, no!” Marcela mock cried. “You poor babies!” Then her face flashed in thought. “You know what you two should do? You guys should take dirty pictures together.” “Sounds good to me.” I said finishing another beer. Marcela turned Belinda toward her. “This poor guy doesn’t even have any dirty pictures of you? Shame on you Belinda!” Belinda laughed “Okay, okay! I swear I’ll take some nudie pictures!” I noticed it was getting close to closing time. I paid the tab and.