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to do.
    The tension that had surrounded them on the trek to the station had completely disappeared by the time they made it back to their island house.  While Rilynne was still furious by the sergeant’s decision, as well as his apparent disinterest for the case, she knew Ben was right.  There wasn’t anything she could do about it.
    “We could just buy the island,” she joked as she stepped up behind Ben.  He unlocked their front door before turning and looking down at her.  To her relief, he seemed almost amused by the suggestion.  “Then he would be forced to be a more accommodating individual.”
    He shook his head slowly as he held it open for her to enter.  She quickly kicked off her shoes before dropping down on the couch in the small sitting area.  Ben glanced back outside before shutting the door and joining her.  With as often as they had been sneaked up on over the last year, it was a habit she wasn’t surprised he had picked up.
    “So you want us to buy an island, well, actually an entire country, just so you can work on a murder case?” he asked.  He sat down in the armchair across from her and pulled her feet up onto his lap.  “And you wanted me to actually believe that you would be able to up and move to a place like this without going completely crazy due to a lack of crimes to solve?”
    He pulled off her socks before pushing his thumbs into the bottom of her feet.  She closed her eyes and let her head drop back against the back of the couch.  “I…” she started, but the comfort radiating up her body left her unable to complete her sentence.  After a few blissful moments, she picked her head back up and looked at him.  “Consider it an investment.  We buy the island and lock up the only killer it’s apparently ever had.  It would be the responsible thing to do.”
    He laughed as he sat her right foot down and picked up the other.  “Don’t tempt me,” he stated.  “I’ve actually been on the verge of buying a private island several times.”
    “See, then it seems like the only logical thing to do.”
    He shot her a look that told her he wasn’t going to let her pull him into her charade.  “I was thinking more like somewhere in Belize or something.  I’d want something completely undeveloped.  Then we could build a house on one side for us and a small resort on the other side.”
    “Why a resort?” she asked.  “Wouldn’t it be nice to just have an entire island to ourselves?”
    “It would,” he replied.  “But with a resort we could have a staff and rent out rooms when we aren’t there.  That way we could still work until you are actually ready to retire, and the island would be profitable in the mean time.”
    Rilynne thought about it for a moment before nodding.  She would actually enjoy running a small resort.  A private island would also be the ideal place for a destination wedding.  They could set up a nice venue and package deals that would cover all of the expenses, then just sell those.  She was running over all of the possible ideas in her head until Ben put her foot down and snapped her back to reality.
    “You’re sold on the idea now, aren’t you?” he asked.  She looked over to find him watching her intently with a quiet grin on his face.  “We wouldn’t even have to wait until you were ready to retire before actually getting one anymore.”
    “I’m in,” she said.  “As long as I could build one of those awesome tree houses that you see in movies where people were stranded on an island for years.  And I’d want to clear a nice chunk of land for a huge garden.  That way we could just grow our own fruits and vegetables.”
    He chuckled and sat her feet back on the floor before standing up.  “What are you going to do with a giant tree house?”
    She stood up and followed him into the bedroom.  He kicked his shoes off and dropped down hard on the bed, nuzzling up to the pillows that still lay scattered about.