CHAPTER 1
"Houston Investigations, may I help you?" Chris answered the phone for what seemed like the ten thousandth time. "Yes, Mr. Houston will be back in the office sometime today. I'd be happy to give him a message for you." She took down the caller's information and put it on top of the growing stack that was occupying the right front corner of her desk. Luckily for Houston, the majority of the calls were to congratulate him on the wedding. Chris looked up as the elevator doors opened.
"Well, I don't see what's so wrong with the lamp, CJ. I mean, it's been around a long time. It's reliable, kinda like a broken-in pair of jeans." Houston and CJ walked out of the elevator hand in hand.
"Which brings up another subject: have you noticed what's in your closet? Really, Matt, you need to go through some of that stuff." CJ looked over at Chris and winked. "I bet you've still got clothes in there that you had in high school." The look on Houston's face gave away the fact that he did indeed. The two women laughed at him.
The phone rang again. "Houston Investigations, may I help you?" Chris answered again. "Hold on, he's right here." She handed the phone to Matt.
"Houston…" A concerned look spread across his face. "Now slow down. Where are you? … Okay, just stay put and I'll be there in about ten minutes." He gave CJ a peck on the cheek and went back to the elevator. "Call you soon as I can. Love you." The elevator doors closed and he was gone.
"Looks like we're jumping right back into work with both feet." CJ shook her head and headed for her office with Chris following close behind.
"So how was Tahiti? Did you like the place he bought?" Chris was referring to the resort that Houston had bought as a wedding present to CJ. They had spent the majority of their honeymoon there, except for the last four days that they had spent in Hawaii with the Novelli family.
"It was absolutely gorgeous!" CJ had a big smile on her face. "Of course, it was a few days before we actually got around to taking a tour of it."