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"Finding Home Again"
Chapter 4 "The Lunch Conversation"
Suzy had been had out of the hospital for a month when she found out she wouldn't be able to work for three more months due to damage the doctor had missed. She found herself liking not working all the time. She loved spending so much time with Spike and she was able to do more of her hobbies. She was able to plant a garden in her backyard and she created several cake recipes just for the heck of it. She did go over to the cafe once a day to make sure everything was going fine and did financial things every Wednesday.
She found herself looking at adoption agency websites. She laughed at herself once she realized what she was doing. She knew it was hilarious that she saw a little kid and now she was looking at having kids again. She sighed knowing it was just a hormone spike but wished she would do something about it before her realism kicked in and told her it was a stupid idea.
Suzy answered her cell phone when it rang. She was still in her land of little children running around.
"Hello," said Suzy.
"Good Afternoon," said Spike, I have lunch break right now," said Spike.
"I guessed that," laughed Suzy.
"How was your first day not being at the cafe?" asked Spike.
"Eventful," said Suzy.
"Care to explain?" inquired Spike.
"Don't worry about it, I don't mean the 'eventful' you're thinking of," said Suzy, her voice trailing off.
"Are we still on for dinner or do you want to bypass tonight?" asked Spike.
Lou gave Spike a curious look. He knew something was up but wasn't going to interrupt Spike.
"Of course, what are we going to do tonight?" asked Suzy.
"You're the one who knows the neighbourhood," said Spike, smirking.
"Are you up for sushi?" asked Suzy.
"Sure, as long as we don't go to the restaurant where you got sick after eating," said Spike, recalling the last time they ate at a sushi restaurant.
"It wasn't their fault. I didn't know what the soup was," said Suzy.
"What was it?" asked Spike.
"Shark soup, I looked up what it was online then I got sick," said Suzy.
"Lovely," grimaced Spike.
"Norimaki sounds good right now," said Suzy.
"That's Japanese right?" asked Spike.
"Yes, you're getting good at Japanese sushi names," said Suzy.
"With you it's hard not to know what it's named though I don't know what you're telling the waiters since you speak Japanese to them," said Spike.
"If I didn't they would mess up our food all the time. I do sometimes accidentally insult them," said Suzy.
"Where did you ever learn Japanese anyway?" asked Spike.
"My aunt had Japanese neighbours who had two teenage daughters in my grade so I picked up the language," said Suzy.
"I forgot that you lived with your aunt in high school," said Spike.
"Where do you think I got into all the strange foods? Certainly not my authoritarian parents," said Suzy.
"I wouldn't think so," said Spike.
"You should be eating not talking to me," said Suzy, remembering Spike had said it was his lunch break.
"I just wanted to make sure everything was alright," said Spike.
"Don't worry about me, I can take care of myself," said Suzy.
"Last time I let you do that you got yourself shot," said Spike.
"Give it a rest. How was I supposed to know he had a gun?" asked Suzy.
"I really don't want to start this again," said Spike.
"Go eat lunch," said Suzy.
"I'll call you when I get off of work," said Spike.
"Alright," said Suzy.
Spike sat down at the lunch table with Lou's eyes locked on him.
"What did she do now?" asked Lou.
"She told me she had an eventful day and then said it wasn't the 'eventful' I was thinking of which makes no sense," snarled Spike.
"I think I know why but she would kill me for listening in on her conversation with Melanie," said Lou.
"Right, the cashier. Aren't they around the same age?" asked Spike.
"Melanie is thirty," said Lou.
"So a year difference, I would say they are close in age," said Spike.
"I'm just going to tell you because otherwise you're not going to leave me alone until I do," said Lou.
"Come on Lou," said Spike.
"She was telling Melanie about how she was tired of her stupid biological clock messing with her day," said Lou, trying keep a straight face.
"Oh great, just what I need to know," said Spike, turning red.
"You asked," said Lou.
"What is she even talking about that?" asked Spike-not meaning to say it out loud.
"She's getting to the age where she is starting to think about having kids. It's just something all females go through once in a while," said Lou.
"That was a rhetorical question," said Spike.
"What are you two talking about?" asked Ed, sitting down with Wordy and Greg.
"Spike's girlfriend and a close friend of ours from the academy," said Lou.
"Do we know her?" asked Wordy.
"Not that I know of. She's been gone for a long time," said Spike.
"Wait a second. Is she the girl who disappeared without a trace a few years a back?" asked Greg.
"She didn't disappear without a trace, she just left without telling anyone and to be honest I'm not even sure," said Lou, trying to help Spike.
"Just be careful. People like that typically don't just settle down after running off," said Greg.
"She's not the same person she was when she left," said Spike feeling cornered.
"That is so true. She changed careers and mellowed out," said Lou.
"Not enough to keep her from getting in trouble," said Spike.
"Stop bringing that up. It wasn't the brightest thing she's done but I think there are many other things she could have done," said Lou.
"Is Spike talking about what happened outside Moose again?" asked Sam, sitting down with Jules.
"What happened outside Moose?" asked Ed.
"Great, you had to say that," said Lou.
"You two didn't tell them," said Sam.
"No," said Spike.
"Come on and tell us," said Wordy.
"Leave him alone boys, if he wants to tell us he will," said Greg.
"So what is going on that is bothering you?" asked Ed. "What it's a different topic!"
"I really don't know half of the time," said Spike.
"You're at the 'what the hell do you want to know' stage of her relationship," said Ed.
"Nope, more like 'you don't talk to me' stage," said Spike.
"It is quite entertaining to listen to them on the phone," said Lou.
"You're the one who listens in to her conversations with her friends," said Spike.
"That was an accident and they weren't being quiet about it," said Lou.
"They didn't know you were there!" exclaimed Spike.
"How do you know if they did or didn't?" asked Lou.
"Like she would have said that if she knew you were listening in," said Spike.
"You got me there," said Lou.
"Here's the deal: you don't tell her about me talking about her at work and I won't tell her about you listening in on her," said Spike.
"Deal," said Lou.
"Are you going to tell us more about her or not?" asked Jules.
"I was getting there. My girlfriend, Lou, and I went to the academy together; she didn't talk to anyone until Lou talked to her during one of his language classes. She would end up on the Marine Unit here for three years then transferred to Vancouver where she would leave the police force, last year. She now owns a café which she originally started in Vancouver," said Spike.
"Why did she leave?" asked Jules.
"No idea," said Spike.
"I know that her little sister, her aunt, and a close co-worker died that year. She told me there was no way she would pass a psychological test again," said Lou.
"I didn't know her aunt or a co-worker died, she never mentioned it," said Spike.
"When I was looking for her I came across the memorial pages," said Lou.
"Three close deaths, they must not have been easy," said Greg.
"I'm guessing that's why she left the police force," said Lou.
"How old was her sister?" asked Ed.
"Twenty," said Spike.
"That's young," said Jules.
"She still isn't accepting what the doctors said killed her. I don't know why she doesn't but I know she has a reason for it," said Spike.
"They were hired by her parents; of course she doesn't trust them. I do know she ordered the test results to be examined again," said Lou.
"I think I might have heard about that from a friend of mine. Is her sister's name Rosie?" asked Ed.
"Actually yes," said Spike.
"Is Chevalier the last name?" asked Ed.
"I think so, given it is my girlfriend's last name," said Spike.
"She has lots of support with that suspicion. Almost all of the Vancouver police force says the father either killed his daughter or hired someone to do it. It looked like a drug overdose at first until they saw defensive wounds," said Ed.
"She told me Rosie overdosed," said Lou.
"She wasn't going to make assumptions until she felt sure about it," said Spike.
"That makes sense," said Lou.
"You two could confuse use all day long but we have to get back to work," said Greg.
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