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Next morning Stoffe made cereal as always (come on dude, surely you could give her something more nutrious? xD)

But he left her to eat alone and headed off to the southern beach.

I imagine a pirate ship to explore is rather irresistible for someone that's still got their inner child inside.

Do you think he's imaging the dummy being the Charlatan?

A quick look for some beach treasures. Perhaps he'll find a nice shell to take home to Vanessa...

And perhaps he may have bought a real treasure too..

Meanwhile at home Vanessa is catching up on what's been going on while they were away..

But then in walks Stoffe with a surprise present!

Looks like the gift was well received.

Turns our what he got her was a shark tooth necklace, and he got one just like it for himself. And he suggested that now she's better rested they could give going out for a nice dinner another go and see if it goes better than last time. So here she is getting ready for the evening. She looks quite moved, like she's almost welling up with tears.

I don't know what it was exactly but for once she decided to let her hair down, both figuratively, and literally. Looks quite different, though she appears to be enjoying the transformation.

Of course the go-to place is the Beach Hotel. Stoffe sticking to the same style he's worn all trip, with a loose tie on a formal shirt though with long jeans this time. And of course wearing his own sharks tooth necklace. He actually looks excited about this. And is it just me, or is there a presence in his eyes that wasn't there before? Like he's actually looking at Vanessa and seeing her.

And Vanessa does too. Quite the look of tenderness on her face.

Of course Vanessa had to waddle off for a pre-dinner pee. Pregnant bladder waits for no dinner!

Meanwhile Stoffe heads to get a table for them

And of course it's the best seats in the house, with the full view. Can't have anything else!

Vanessa took so long in the bathroom the waitress had already arrived

Look how Vanessa keeps her eyes locked on Stoffe, and how happy he looks as he's telling their order to the waitress.

A toast to us, my darling!

And here comes the waitress with their food. But uh, is it just me or is that lid crooked?

Uh oh! Looks like someone is getting a salad shower

Stoffe doesn't look particularly pleased to have their mealed dumped on his head. Poor guy really can't catch a break, last time their food got lost and this time it gets dumped on him

Vanessa seems to have found it rather funny though, and the waitress sorted out new food quickly.

Though Stoffe clearly felt it was forever, poor guy looks so hungry wolfing down his food

A plate of crepes suzette for the lady, with a side of flirting.

Does look like the evening is going very well.

A star-lit dance out on the patio...

Back home Stoffe has a drink while Vanessa gets ready for bed. But she's clearly on his mind, look at him standing out there looking towards the bedroom.

But meanwhile in the bedroom... Vanessa's thoughts appear to be somewhere else entirely. She looks sad, but tender at the same time. What's that about you think?

Time to return to ordinary life.

Bye bye cottage!

Look at that belly, getting bigger!

Looks like both Stoffe and Vanessa aren't too keen on returning to reality, or maybe they are just sad to leave this beautiful place.

They didn't know it then, but they had good reason to feel sad, but for entirely different reasons. When they arrive back at their house... they are greeted by an inferno!

Sadly the taxi is flashing purple because the fire was a lot for my computer to handle, but yeah the purple thing is their taxi returning.

Turns out that the pesky nonsense details that you let your staff think about, can come back to bite you. Their house is surrounded by luscious landscaping, usually kept in check by the butler and gardener. But as you may recall, Stoffe gave the butler a large tip before the left. He figured as they weren't going to be there their butler could enjoy some time off as well, and so he paid him in advance and told him to go enjoy himself. While they were away there was no one there to tend the garden, and the weeds spread all over. And as we know if a lightning strike is well-timed it can start a fire just as the rain subsides, leaving the fire to go rampant. Had there been a butler present perhaps he could have called the fire brigade, but alas no one was there and so the fire spread unchallenged leaving Vanessa and Stoffe to drive by watching their house go up in flames.

So what do you do when arrive back to find a massive inferno? You don't stop and get out that's for sure. Luckily Vanessa's friend Rakel Ivarsson's mansion is just down the street from their house so the taxi kept on and dropped them off there instead.

And so here they are, standing outside of Rakel's grand mansion, faced with the reality that their own home is in the process of burning down to the ground...

And there you have it, that's the tragedy on the lips of everyone in Evergreen at the moment. The last time they had a fire poor Siri perished on the flames (or so they think....) and now one of the grandest houses in the city burned down. What could possibly be next?

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