A few months and several solved cases later Gerry Standing was still stumped as to where he had met Sandra Pullman before.
It wasn't until he and Sandra were discussing that silly little thing called marriage and how far someone would go for their spouse that he began to slowly process where he possibly could have met Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman before.
"So Sandra have you ever been married before" he joked thinking he was going to get a ten minute lecture on why marriage was more than a bad idea and not for her.
To his surprise she nodded. "Uh huh once" she said taking a bite of her healthy looking sandwich.
"You're joking right" Gerry said stunned into almost silence.
"Nope, never again, it's the worst thing I ever did" she said as she wiped the corners of her mouth with her index finger.
"Are you being serious" he replied almost laughing in disbelief.
"Deadly".
"If you don't mind me asking why did your marriage end".
"I didn't like him" she answered nonchalantly.
"Oh" was all Gerry could say to that bombshell.
"Well what did you expect me to say, that my marriage ended because I couldn't keep my eye from wandering, not all marriages break up for the same reasons yours did, Gerry" came her harshly put response.
"For your information that was not the only reason my marriages ended".
"And why doesn't that surprise me" she winked. Even though they had been working together for almost six months now Gerry Standing was still unable to work Sandra out, he usually good at understanding women, or at least he thought so.
But with her it was different one minute she would have a laugh and a joke with him and the next she would have his balls in a vice.
As she rose from the office sofa she turned to him and said "I'd appreciate if you didn't mention my marriage to the other pensioners. Gerry didn't answer but he saluted her as she swiftly left the room."Seen as you've clearly forgotten" she muttered under her breath as she did.