Chapter 18A sleepless night
“You're sure you don't mind me disappearing like this for a couple of days?” Izzie asked her husband of just over a week. The couple were sat together on the sofa in the lounge of their home, Izzie leaning back into Peter's chest with her knees curled up beneath her as the original Star Wars movie played quietly to itself on the TV.
“Mind? Of course I mind, but in the nicest possible way,” Peter replied. “I knew what your job entailed before we married, so it's okay, really. It's just a shame that this comes so soon after the wedding.”
“It'll only be for a couple of days, my darling, three at the most, I think, and I will of course make it up to you in the best possible way when I get back,” Izzie said, flashing him an impish, highly suggestive smile.”
“Oh y
