I really didn’t want to see her. She opened the door to my room and saw me curled up in bed with my back to her, she started to walk over when Dan g...rabbed her by the hand and pulled her out of the room, telling her to leave me alone. I heard her crying and rushing out of the house, I felt a pang of guilt, I mean maybe she just wanted to be friends. I made a mental note to find out.So there I am, alive and in love. I could scream it from the roof tops, if Louise would let me. On the roof not the. . Please?" Yes," Nick grinned, he had wanted to spend his life with Jane ever since he met her. "Don't tell me any more okay?" he held out his left hand with his fingers spread, "I'm idealist, and? What the fuck is that?" He pointed to the inside waistband holster and weapon, that Jane was still wearing."Oh that? I'm on call so I'm obliged to be armed the whole time and a gun's not the sort of thing to leave lying about is it?" Jane grinned at the look on Nicks face. "We've got to pick a bloke. Just leave the envelope on the table."Ruth emerged from the kitchen a minute later, a bottle of soda in her hand. George had taken her suggestion and was out on the terrace. Taking a moment to check the envelope to make sure they were the right papers, the fifty-one year old went out and joined him."This is an incredible view," George said when he saw Ruth step out of the sliding doors."It's really spectacular at sunset," Ruth replied as she handed him the soda, "almost like a painting." I'll. Embarrassed at being caught, she scrabbled around and mumbled an apology then looked at him and grinned sheepishly, by now he was next to her and she could feel the heat from him, the heat of a man she missed so much, she could smell him he smelt of earth and leaves, he eased himself down to sit beside her and raised his hand to her tangled curls, that lazy smile again on his lips as her removed a leaf from her hair, his fingers brushed her cheek and she turned her face towards his hand and.