I knew he wanted Rachel.Sacrificing myself, I argued and pleaded for my sister before himexplained to me that Jacob would marry me first, but I knew i... was wrong."What have you done?" I yelled at Rachel."I'm doing this for you," she calmly explained. "I know you want himtoo. You will be a lovely bride. You will have him for a week; then Iwill have him too. I love you. Please do it. This way we will still betogether." Are you sure?"Laban has already agreed." But won't Jacob be angry?". She gave the stool one more spin as she licked her juices from her fingers with wide child-like eyes. She gave him a sly smile and flipped off the stool dancing across the room to tease one of the other patrons. Joe mindlessly ordered another beer and drained the contents trying to wet his dry throat. The bartender gave him his change in singles and Joe held a few of them in the air. Sable tilted her head downward and flashed him another devilish smile. She bent over and rotated her hips then. "I'm not... jealous..." he mused. "I'm just..." he faltered for words,then laughed. "Okay, fine, I'm maybe envious, sure, but it's fine. Ireally am happy for them. I mean, it's not like I can really cut loosehere anyway, you know?" He paused and looked down at my bag, then up atme, eyes sparkling. "Unless...?" Evan, no," I frowned. I hated when he did that. It was a rare trick inhis arsenal, but he knew I was a sucker for it. I hated the idea ofdisappointing him. "We can't." I know. I know." He. “Hello Bailey,” he said with a casual wave as he turned to look at me.“Hi, Mister Gadsten,” I decided to act casual, making conscious effort to put my hand down over my belly, fidgeted it to my hip, but that was too casual, then back across my belly where it held onto my other arm. I gave him a half wave with the other hand. I hoped he wouldn’t notice how nervous I was.“Hope, I didn’t startle you,” he offered. There was only a three foot chain link fence and some shrubbery separating the two.