After the church part of the wedding everyone headed back to the cars to go to the reception, I bee lined straight to my bros and waited for him to ge... there as I wanted to be with him alone again. We drove out of the church yard and down a country lane away from everyone else, found a quiet corner and parked up, David saying we needed to talk. I looked at him and smiled saying about what, he looked me up and down and moved closer to me and was about to talk when I turned my head and locked. “Why couldn’t Belle be more like her sisters and ask for material things? Why did she have to ask for that damn rose!” the merchant ranted. “Belle asked for a rose? Wherever did you find one?” Henri asked. “Yes…a damned rose! I found one growing at this castle in the dark forest, but apparently it was owned. When I cut it from the bush, I angered this beast of a man, who demanded my life in return!” the merchant exclaimed. “Your life!” Henri said, in awe. “Yes, but I talked him out of. Do we need to hold you in contempt of Congress?” Senator Hope Emerson asked.“I have been extremely busy, if you take the time to look at the news. I got the subpoenas this morning when I went to the office to check in. The subpoenas were addressed to me and not to the committee so they were not opened. I have today and tomorrow scheduled to be in Washington, if you want any testimony. Then I am out of the country for the rest of the month,” I said.“You will not set this committee’s schedule.. Now, I don't expect you, the reader, to remember the autumn of 2011, but daylight savings time ended in November of that year. The sun was still shining at six thirty. Our new house had a relatively long driveway, and it was perhaps a hundred feet to the sidewalk beside our street. I could see the wheels turning in her head ... weighing the clear day, the distance to the street, the fact that it was brighter outside than in, the shade cast by several Knobcone Pines in our front yard, the single.