"But Robbie, I want you to come with me. " Laura informed Robbie in a somewhat forlorn tone of voice. "We have fun traveling together. You enjoyed being with me in New Zealand, why can't we make it a trip, together?" Laura continued with her questions for Robbie.
"Laura, you and I cannot do this type of trip together. We are both in positions of some degree of power and visibility, and we need to keep that in focus." Robbie reminded Laura with a degree of seriousness.
"So you didn't enjoy traveling with me in New Zealand? Robbie I thought…that you had liked being with me." Laura told Robbie in a hurt tone of voice.
Robbie grabbed Laura, kissed her hard on the lips to reassure her. Then proceeded to tell Laura about the traveling he wanted her to do.
"Of course I enjoyed being with you in New Zealand, but we were not on official business. If you take a few day trips to the different sites so you can observe their best practices at the various pathology labs we discussed, you will be very busy with the job and the traveling, you won't even miss me." Robbie noted to Laura.
"Yes I will." Laura snapped.
"No, you won't. I know you, when you get immersed in your work, you don't miss me much, as long as you know where I am. And you know I'll be at the station in my office, or here at home, waiting for you."
Laura asked him "What about at the pub with Lizzie and James learning the latest gossip?"
Robbie responded "OK, I might be at the pub with Lizzie and James, but I will keep you updated on the newest and freshest gossip, I promise."
"So I will simply have my playlist for my traveling companion?" Laura asked of Robbie.
"No, I thought that you should take Lizzie with you on one trip and James with you on another of your fact finding visits to other stations to check out their best practices on police/pathology management. And make a point of checking with Jean Innocent about her current pathology group. She might be of assistance, too."
"Robbie, I love your ideas, they are wonderful." Laura looked at Robbie with praise and admiration.
Robbie responded to Laura "Sure, I bet you tell that to all of your Chief Superintendents."
"No, not all Robbie, only the ones I share a bed with." Laura replied to Robbie with a teasing glint in her eye.
