Enchanted
Joe Morelli's two story house is now spotless and orderly. A swarm of 60-something old ladies led by a grim Angie Morelli burst through the front door hours ago around the time the wedding ended, gave Rex way too many kisses and hugs and "Oh my poor Joseph" and immediately started cleaning, washing, and scrubbing. All the beer bottles, pizza boxes and sub wrappers are gone with the rest of the garbage. All the smelly dirty clothes, socks and underwears are washed, ironed and folded. The once empty refrigerator is filled with boxes of homemade pastas, spaghettis and lasagnas. Joe Morelli's elder female relatives then gave Rex even more kisses, hugs, "Oh my poor Joseph" and "We will find you a much better girl than Stephanie"and went back to their dens, caves or lairs. Apparently Grandma Bella has fallen in love with her favorite grandson's pet, so the nonstop-drooling and underwear-eating Bob will stay at Mrs. Morelli's for a while longer, much to Rex's relief. He doesn't dislike Bob, but he's never really a dog person—or should he say "dog hamster"? And he still has nightmares about being eaten, chewed and swallowed by Bob from time to time. Watching the dog devour shoes, socks, thongs must have given Rex a life-long scar that may never heal, he sometimes thinks.
And thus here Rex Manoso(née Plum) is, totally and completely alone inside Joseph A. Morelli's house and too hairy body, with a police badge in his hand and a future he doesn't have enough courage to imagine ahead of him. He misses Ranger. He misses Stephanie. He misses his cute little hamster tail and his old glass aquarium...
Rex once again feels like crying but giggles instead. He can't write. He can't read. He's now a Trenton police detective. Can you see how funny this is?