I joined Crew in the sitting room, my pug perched between us, so I could double duty watching the desk as the flow of guests continued around us. My fiancé's first act upon seeing me, the storm cloud hovering over my head, my cranky attitude about to get him an equally snarky comment about telling me what to do and when to do it and where I needed to be to have what he wanted happen primed and ready for action?

Crew hugged me. Engulfed me in his big, strong arms, ...