All of me just wanted to unleash whatever inner-prison he made for himself. But I never pressed Shadow for his own animostiy.Until now.Cupping his fac... in the palm of my hand, I gently say, "Tell me... Tell me what it is you hide from me, and I won't take no for an answer. You may be my gaurdian and are bound to protect me, but as long as we are bound you can't keep hiding from me. Confide in me as I do you. Because where you go I follow. So trust me... Please."A breif flash of pain crossed. I knew that Virginia would often wear the clunky boots with thisotherwise wonderfully feminine dress, and that Donna knew that."Mom, I would wear the boots, but I feel that the sandals would go bestwith the flash updo you've done on me." She laughed, but again I couldsee that she knew that I was somehow different.The sandals had high 4 inch heels, but I found that I walked in themeasily. As I stepped out into the sun with my heels clicking on thestone tiles and my dress swishing I said to my. I thought about what I had done with the boys and fantasied about what they might be doing with Carol. I’m sure the boys filled their sister in about what we had done because she was grinning like the Cheshire Cat at me yesterday morning. The boys had even taken to giving me a hug and kiss in the morning, which is something they had not done since before they turned into teenager brats and told me it was too yucky.Yes, I thought about joining the boys again, but they had Carol to take care of. We are a package deal.”I was finally getting my mind around the whole thing. “So you’re talking marriage, kids, the whole nine yards, is that it?”Donnie answered, “We’re only saying that we want to consider it as a long term possibility. Dee Dee couldn’t even bring the subject up until she knew that I was willing. Andrew, I’m willing. You might hate the idea. I half expected you to run screaming from the restaurant and stick us with the check. But you had to know who we are, what we need. Only.