Chapter 95

Catherine did make Vincent promise to give her a half an hour with Jenny before he arrived the next night. She wanted the time to model her dress for Jenny because she was determined to get it from the cleaners the next day on her lunch hour. Vincent promised and said he would also ask William if he might provide a desert for their dinner.

She happily accepted that and resignedly kissed him good bye when he left just after midnight.

Wednesday at work both flew and dragged by. She felt buried in paperwork and couldn't help but mentally blame Devin/Jeff every time she had a clear moment to think. It didn't help that Joe kept walking around looking like he was ready to kill someone, but that someone wasn't around. Moreno, his boss, was riding him all day as to why Radler left, as well as to get a replacement for him as quickly as possible.

Catherine even managed to overhear Moreno's rather loud…suggestion…that she be sent out into the field until they could find someone else. At this however, Joe put his foot down! Insisting that he would NOT send a pregnant woman out to do the kind of dangerous work their job required at times. He also pointed out how close the attack had been on the men that were after Cathy and she cringed at how Joe might have reacted if he had known she had been there and very much involved!

She was dragging when she got to the apartment, but was surprised and a bit upset when she found Vincent already there! "Vincent you promised to give Jenny and I some time tonight!" she protested.

Vincent was quick to tell her, "I know Catherine and I do intend to do so. But I felt how weary you were and I thought that I might take some of the preparation work for the evening off of your shoulders. Also, I thought that you might like a cup of tea waiting for you."

"What do you mean?" she asked with a sigh.

He stepped aside to show her an already set for four table, two candles, ready to be lit in the center and said, "The dessert William sent is already in your refrigerator," as he handed her the cup of tea.

"Oh Vincent! I am sorry! You are a life saver!"

"I do not know about that Catherine, but I will wait out on the balcony while you and Jenny look at your dress. I will even keep my eyes closed if you wish."

She grinned at him and said, "I will just close the curtains on the bedroom doors so even if you are tempted to peek, you won't be able to do so."

"You might also want to close the bedroom doors into the living room and allow me to have access to the front door because if Devin was aware that there was changing of clothing planned for early in the evening…"

"He might arrive early?" Catherine interrupted to guess.

Ruefully, Vincent nodded his head to confirm this.

She told him that he could stay in the living room in that case and a few minutes later when Jenny arrived, explained it all again to her. Catherine had also ordered the pizza in those minutes before Jenny's arrival, but it was decided that if the doorbell rang and Vincent looked through the peephole to see the delivery boy rather than his brother, Jenny would go to the door to pay for the order. Vincent laughingly agreed that would be a good idea.

The plan was a good one, but when the bell did ring, Vincent looked out to see that both the delivery boy and Devin had arrived at the same time. He called Jenny's name and told her the situation, she rolled her eyes and after waiting until Vincent was safely on the balcony, she opened the door.

As Vincent cooled his heels waiting for her to deal with the two at the door he could feel the amusement with which Catherine was quickly changing out of her wedding dress. The two of them had decided not to explain the 'Jeff was really Devin' complexity until Devin himself was present to face the music, as it were. So both Vincent and Catherine could hear Jenny happily greet Jeff after the delivery boy had left.

To be continued….