Chapter 1

"Well it has been a pleasure working with you," the tall gentleman held out his hand, "I can understand why you have such good clear up statistics, you three work very well as a team." A woof in agreement made him look down.

"Yes Levi, you have trained them well." He gently tugged on the ear of the golden retriever sitting patiently to the side of his owner.

"It's been a pleasure working with you too Chris," commented Sue "I hope we haven't caused too many problems?"

"No, not at all, though you have stirred things up quite a bit. Who knew that Reynolds was working for the other side. There are a lot of people extremely grateful to you for uncovering that little problem." Chris grimaced, he had never even suspected that one of his team was responsible for passing information to the Serbians. "What do you plan to do with your spare time? I believe you aren't due back in Washington just yet. Do you fancy doing a bit of sightseeing whilst here in London?"

Jack gave Sue a quick glance and saw that she didn't look too taken with that idea. She had found the assignment quite stressful and he knew that she would prefer to relax rather that traipse around the sights.

"That would be up to our supervisor," he said, pulling a face "they may want us to return straight away if the case load they have is heavy."

"Yes, well anyway it's been good to meet you. I'll try and arrange for you to help us again." He looked through the window into the corridor and nodded to the officer outside. "I can see I'm needed," He added. "No rest for the wicked eh?" He shook Jack's hand, took the liberty of kissing Sue on the cheek and ruffled the fur on Levi's head.

A short while later found the trio out on the street looking for a café. It was mid- afternoon and Sue had decided that she wanted afternoon tea "With scones and jam and cakes and everything!" she declared. Jack grinned and quickly spotted a welcoming tea-room. They chose to sit at a table in the window where they could watch the people go by. The menu had a variety of choices and Sue took her time before deciding that she would rather have scones, jam and cream than cake. Jack agreed and they placed their order before sitting back and letting the stresses wash away.

"Do you think Dee will order us back straight away?" asked Sue referring to their supervisor at the FBI. A case they had been working on in Washington had led to connections in London and Jack and Sue had spent the last two weeks helping Scotland Yard.

"No, I called him whilst you took Levi for a run and he said that we can take the rest of the time to ourselves. We have to be back in ten days. Do you want to leave now? I noticed you weren't too keen on Chris's idea to see the capital." Replied Jack.

"I don't really want to go back, I've never been to England before but I must confess that I find all this bustle very tiring." She explained "And I know Levi would like a rest."

"I do have another suggestion," Before Jack could explain their cream teas arrived. The scones were warm and there was a dish of home-made strawberry jam full of strawberries. Sue was 'mother' and poured the tea whilst Jack helped himself to the largest scone. He caught Sue glaring at him and laughed "You'll thank me later," he grinned.

Sue broke off a piece of scone for Levi before spreading a thick layer of strawberry jam on the sliced pastry followed by a generous helping of clotted cream. She bit into it and sighed with pleasure.

Jack quickly cut his scone through the middle and spread clotted cream before adding a dollop of jam. The scones were almost eaten before Sue remembered that Jack was going to suggest an alternative to flying back home.

"You remember that I did a tour in Jakarta a while back before joining the team?" he started.

Sue wrinkled her nose and gave a tiny scowl. Jakarta was where he had met Jessica. She had met her briefly and had thought that Jack was looking to start that relationship up again. Sue hadn't particularly liked Jessica, and not just because of her interest in Jack, and as it turned out had been right to be suspicious when Jessica turned out to be the mastermind of the plot.

"Sure," she said, hoping that she sounded neutral.

"Well, there was a guy on the team called Alex Tremore. We kept in touch, meeting up in either Washington or Wisconsin from time to time as work permitted. His family has a house in Cornwall and when I mentioned we were coming over he suggested that if we had time we must go and visit. It's rural, very quiet, not far from the coast and a great place for relaxing. I haven't been there but I have seen photos: it looks like a nice place."

"Would he be alright with us just turning up, especially as I would be bringing Levi?" asked Sue.

"He's sort of expecting us," said Jack sheepishly "I just need to say when we are arriving. I thought we could get a flight to Newquay, hire a car and drive over. It will be a lot quicker than driving all the way there and I think Levi would prefer it."

Sue took the last bite of scone and chewed slowly whilst she thought about it.

"OK," she said "Why not, it will be fun!"

"Good, I'll sort out flights," Jack handed her a serviette, Sue looked puzzled. "You got a little cream on you," he announced moving his hand around his mouth giving her an idea of where to wipe. Sue went a little pink and wiped her face. "How's that?"

"Gone," grinned Jack, signalling to the waitress for the bill.