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Confused

"Stupid Vegas heat." Jackie mumbled one morning.

"What's wrong?" Nick asked.

"Oh, my fingers are all swollen again thanks to this damn heat, meaning off with my rings before they get stuck on my fingers again." She said with sigh as she carefully put all of her rings in her jewelry box where she normally kept them when she couldn't wear them.

Awhile later Jackie was dressed and ready to leave.

"Alright hon, I'm going to run to the mall to take that shirt back and then look around a little, I'll be back in a couple hours. Thanks again for watching the kids for a bit." She said as she leaned over and gave him a kiss.

"No problem, have fun."

"Are you sure you aren't hungover?" Jackie asked him playfully.

He laughed.

"I'm sure, I only had two beers all night." He told her.

Nick had gone out with the team after work to celebrate solving a huge case.

"That's good, if you and I ever go to that pub we are getting another order of those nachos, they were so good!" Jackie told him.

"Yeah and can you believe how much there was? Catherine and I split an order, we didn't even make a dent in them last night and she took just as much home as I did."

"That's crazy." Jackie said.

Nick nodded in agreement.

"Ok, I'll see you in a bit. Love you." Jackie said as she gave him one more kiss and then left.

When Jackie got to the mall she carried her return up to customer service.

"Hi, I bought this the other day and when I got it home I noticed it had a big hole in it." Jackie told the woman at the counter as she motioned to the hole.

"I'm sorry about that, would you like your money back or would you like to trade it for a different one?" The woman asked.

"I'd like to get a different one."

"Ok, just go on back and find a new one."

Jackie nodded with a smile.

She walked back to where those shirts were and found one the same size.

She then took it up to the counter.

"Thank you." Jackie told her as the woman handed her the sack.

Jackie then wanted to go to a couple other stores.

"Hi, Jackie." A voice said.

"Hi, Sue." Jackie greeted her friend and fellow first grade teacher.

The two talked for a bit and then made lunch plans for a week from then.

Jackie loved summer vacation but she missed her coworkers so it was nice when they got together during the summer from time to time.

As the two parted Sue noticed something about Jackie and it worried her.

TBC