“Hey hun, how did it go?”

“Not good, we won’t be seeing my parents for Christmas.” I answered with a soft, but painful chuckle, trying to remain composed.

“Ow Hunny, I’m sorry.” she said while she hugged me again.

“Don’t worry about it, I’ll be alright, I have Catherine and you, Linds and the guys. What more do I need.” I shrugged.

“That’s right and don’t you forget that. You got your family right here.”

“Thanks.” I whispered my voice thick with tears.

“C’mon,” Catherine said as she placed her arm around my shoulder and gave me a peck on my cheek “let’s go home and get some sleep before we have to go to our job.”

Lindsey wrapped her arms around my neck and I took her from Catherine. “Hey little one? How have you been?”

“I’m fine, did you bring me a present?” She asked while her big blue eyes watched me intently.

“As a matter a fact we did, Linds, but you just have to wait until we get home.”

“Can we go home now?” She asked with an innocent smile.

I put Lindsey back down on her feet. “No we can’t Linds, we already discussed that. We are taking the two of you out to dinner before we drop you off at home.

Chapter 18

A new case

“What?” Jenn asked with an innocent smile, “Oh, I just want to make sure that the two of you eat enough, you can’t live on love.” She added with a smile that was even more innocent. Catherine smacked her on her arm in mock anger.

“Shut up!” We both said in unison, as we made our way to the parking lot. We got into the car and Jenn drove downtown and parked the car in the parking lot of a small but companionable diner.

We sat down in one of the corners on a corner bench. The waitress approached our table as we where reading the menu. We ordered dinner and ate while we talked about all kind of things. An hour later Jenn dropped us off at our home and took Lindsey with her. We slept for a couple of hours before we had to go to work.