"Lucy?"

"Kevin!" Lucy got up from where she had been lying on the bed. "What are you doing home so early?"
"I've been sent home," Kevin replied, laying his jacket on the chair at the table while unbuttoning his police uniform.

"Oh," Lucy swung her feet over the side of the bed and sat up, hands on her knees. "Well, why?"

"I'm here on medical leave. They wanted me to come home," Kevin answered from the other room.

Lucy got up and went to her husband. "Are you okay with this?" she asked.

Kevin nodded, coming out again, this time wearing just a white t-shirt and jeans. "I'm fine," he said, kissing her on the cheek. "Fine."

Lucy went and sat beside her husband on the bed. "You don't seem fine," she said.

"Well, I am," Kevin retorted.

"What is it? Was it about today? Because honestly, I love how you feel it's your duty to protect women. It makes me feel so…loved and cherished and…." Lucy had slid closer to Kevin and was now just inches away.

"Good, I'm glad that you like it," Kevin said, still sounding a little grouchy.

"Hey, Luce-" Simon came up the stairs.

"Go away!" Lucy snapped, sending Simon scampering back down the stairs of the garage apartment.

Kevin looked at his wife strangely.

"What?" Lucy asked, looking at him innocently. "He ruined the moment."

A disheveled Eric Camden came out of his office and went into the kitchen, parched. He had been talking to Rabbi Glass for over an hour and he was exhausted. The poor man was distraught, thinking about the fact that his wife didn't love him anymore. It was already fairly late and he was tired. Coming into the kitchen, he saw the stranger from that morning sitting in the kitchen, this time with the twins.

"Hello again," he said, cautiously.

"Oh, hi. I hope you don't mind, everyone else was busy, so I made the twins something to eat."

Eric waved the apologies away before they came. "No worries. In fact, I thank you. I'm just finishing up my talk with Rabbi Glass. He's pretty worked up. Something about his wife kissing his cantor, but it's a long story. Where are Ruthie and Peter?"

"Oh, they're upstairs. They're still working on their coal mine," Martin replied.

"Oh, that's great," Eric replied vaguely, turning from the fridge. "Annie!" he turned.

"Hi!" Annie cried, running and giving her husband a hug. "I missed you!"
"I missed you too," Eric smiled, kissing Annie quickly on the forehead.

"Rabbi Glass?" Annie said, turning around in surprise.

"Oh, Annie!" Rabbi Glass jumped to his feet. "Nu, how are you? You look wonderful!"

Annie smiled and hugged her friend. "Thank you, Richard." Stepping back, she eyed him. "I-I'm sorry to say that you…don't?"

Eric quietly excused himself.

Rabbi Glass looked down at his rumpled white shirt and his untied neck tie. "Ahh, right. Well, that's what you get when you sleep in your clothes," he said, trying to sound cheerful.

"Richard, is something wrong?" Annie asked. Rabbi Glass was usually such an immaculately kept man. To see him looking like this—so frazzled—worried her.

"No, no, nothing's wrong. Why would anything be wrong? Everything is exactly as it should be in the world. I'm here, my wife kissed my cantor, your children are well…."
"What?!" Annie was astounded. "Rosina? Rosina kissed your…your cantor?"

Rabbi Glass nodded sadly, looking like a beaten puppy. "Yes."

Annie put down her purse on the counter and went to stand in front of Rabbi Glass. "There, there must be some mistake!" she said. "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"

"A mistake? No! How could I mistake what I saw?" Rabbi Glass asked, running his hand through his already messy brown hair.

"It could have been a misunderstanding. Have you asked Rosina?" Annie frantically pushed a strand of blond hair from her eyes.

Rabbi Glass shook his head. "How could I face her?" he asked. "How could I face her after I saw her kissing my cantor? What do you think Annie? Do you think it could have been a mistake? Or do you think maybe the cantor kisses better, could that be it? Could I be a good kisser?" and without warning, Rabbi Glass lunged forward, taking Annie's face in his hands and kissed her on the lips.