He like the chair, Montgomery decided. That was one of the positives about moving up the chain of command - the furniture budget went up exponentially.

Swiveling back and forth and enjoying the view from his fourteenth-floor office, he turned around at the sound of his office intercom being buzzed. He had a secretary now, that was definitely something that was harder to get used to than the butter leather beneath his butt.

'Yes, Patricia,' he said, depressing the button.

'Sir you have some visitors, a Raley and Ochoa, they're not on your schedule.'

Montgomery had to laugh at this one. 'They're personal appointments, Patricia, they're cleared for entrance.

He went back to swiveling in his chair and heard his secretary open his door, heard the much-missed mumblings of his favourite crime-fighting duo. 'Gentlemen, you know what I miss the most about being at the Twelfth?' Montgomery asked them without turning around.

'What's that, sir?' Esposito replied.

'That I don't get visits from the Ry-Sposito monster like I used to. You're a subway ride away now, not just steps from my office door.' He turned around and steepled his fingertips together, saw them in their dress uniforms. 'Did I miss a memo about the change of dress code?'

'We thought we'd stop in before the ceremony and check out your new digs. Oh and give you this,' Ryan added, putting a small little green plant on the desk. 'It's a Japanese peace lily, courtesy of my son. He says his teacher has one on her desk and would talk to it when she got cranky and when he asked her why she said it was because she was too old for imaginary friends.'

'Dell's a smart kid. He's big now, isn't he?'

'Grade five already, but he skipped a grade so he's still got some growing to do.'

'Also, sir, Meredeth and I are having a barbecue when this is done today, we'd like you to attend, if you don't have plans with your family already.'

'My family and I would be honoured to attend.' Montgomery stood up, put his hands on their shoulders. 'And if we stand around here anymore we'll be late for our own party.'