An: I know that you guys want longer chapters, I will try, but I want to try to stick to daily updates as well otherwise I will never get finished.

'Sara is from California, really smart, went to Harvard on a scholarship, post-grad at Berkley.  Very… dedicated.'

'Married?'

'No!...not married.'

'Seeing someone?'

'I…I don't know, she was, but I'm pretty sure that is over, maybe there is someone else.'

'You seem sad when you talk of her!'

'I'm not sad!  I…I guess she is a private person, I don't know much about her really.'

'I think that you know more than you are telling me.'

'As I said, Sara is pretty private.'

'Is she pretty?'

'Mother!'

"What?  I can't ask?'

'I'm going for a walk to the beach.'

'Gil…fine…I'm going to do some laundry, get yours before you go.'

'Ok bye.'

An hour later Kath Grissom was unloading the washer, when she felt something in the pocket of her sons freshly washed slacks.  Reaching in, she frowned when she realized that she had just washed Gil's wallet.

Taking great care Kath removed $40 in cash, two credit cards, several receipts, a plastic spider, four postage stamps and two photographs.  The first was of her and Gil on the beach, she smiled at the memory, it was his tenth birthday and they had spent the day at the beach with a few cousins, and ended the night with a bonfire and fireworks.  It was a great night. 

The other photograph was…was of a young woman.   A very beautiful young woman, long dark hair, deep brown eyes and an expression of surprise at whoever it was taking the photograph.  Kath could also just make out the LVMPD logo on the vest that she was wearing.  This was a very interesting development.  Was she a girlfriend?  Gil was obviously extremely fond of this young lady to carry a photograph, but he obviously was reluctant to talk about her…could this be Sara?  In order to avoid embarrassing her son Kath tucked both photographs into the wallet behind the credit card holder where she had found then and left the rest on the counter to dry out.

A short time later Gil returned with a bag of shells, which he added to the collection in the flowerbeds.  Kath emerged from the house and embraced her son from behind, he turned in her embrace and noticed the watery expression in her eyes,

'What's wrong?'

'I can't believe it is almost time for you to leave again, I'm going to miss my boy.'

'It won't be that long until I'm back!'

'Now that I've given up work, it feels like a lifetime.'

'You will never give up work.'

'I may still own the gallery but Graham does all the buying and arranges the staff.  What I do is spend less than an hour every week roaming around signing a few pieces of paper.'

'There is plenty that you can do to fill your time.'

'I have already taken classes in pottery, glass painting and tapestry, not easy when you can't hear the teacher!  Mostly I go down to Parkveiw and teach some of the kids sign'

' You like that though'

'Of course I do, I just…I will miss you!'

'I will miss you too!'

'Maybe I could go back to Vegas for a little while?'

'I thought you hated Vegas.'

'It is too tacky for my taste admittedly, but it is where my son is!'

'I will be at work a lot!'

'Then I will see you when you come home!';

'You really wanna come to Vegas?'

'Yep!'

'Ok I would love that!'  Gil said ginning as he pulled his mother into a tight embrace.

AN:  look it is a little bit longer.  Hope you like.  

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