Elisa laughed just a little at the thought of that. ”Yeah, I kind of doubt that.” She told her with something of a more genuine smile this time. Though, privately, she was a little incredulous that that could technically happen someday if things between her and Dominique got serious. Margot’s family had money, but not the kind of money Dominique had – It was a little daunting to think about, actually.

”…From what I know about her, she’s an impressive woman. I’m happy for you, Elisa.” She replied.

”Thanks Captain.” Elisa replied, just a little shyly. It kind of bothered her though, both just how effective she seemingly was at lying to her captain, to someone she both respected and admired, and that she was using Margot’s memory to do it. She was a cop, so obviously she had the skills to pull it off – Lying to a suspect to get them to admit to something they didn’t want to admit to was just part of the job, and she’d done under cover work enough times and interrogated enough suspects to get pretty darn good at it too. The trick with any good lie, of course, was both to keep it as close to the truth as you could, and to make it something your target wanted, or would reasonably expect, to hear. That way the lie would be convincing, you’d remember it more easily, and it would be less likely to be questioned. Still, this was the first time she’d really used those skills for something that wasn’t strictly above board and she wasn’t exactly happy about it, to say the least. She’d committed herself now though, so she pretty much had to see it through. ”That means a lot.” She told her softly.

Captain Chavez merely nodded. ”Just be careful, huh? Take things slow?” She offered.

Elisa smiled wanly. ”I’ll certainly try. I somehow doubt she’s going to make that easy though.” She admitted.

”Really?” She asked, her interest sparked a little.

”She’s… um, kind of intense, actually. In a good way. Almost like… like she’s got a gravitational pull or something.” She admitted.

Chavez gave a little of a smile. ”Ah, to be in love.” She said a little jokingly.

”…You and Josh are still doing all right, aren’t you?” She asked, imagining she might be picking up on something between the lines. Maria had two kids, a boy and a girl, from her first marriage. She’d remarried last year and adopted another little girl. Her new husband, Joshua Ramos, had been a hot-shot architect with a well-known firm when he and Maria had met on a case (one of his co-workers’ kids had gone missing). They’d dated a few months and then tied the knot. He was an easy going guy, a real artist type who liked to paint in his free time. Elisa had met him a few times and liked him pretty well – Thought he and the captain were a good match, actually.