And I really needed some Christmas around me. I hope you don’t mind the decorations.”“No! No, you go ahead and do what makes you feel good. I kn...w I’m a grouch about Christmas, but I’m not the only one livin’ here, so I won’t spoil it for ya. Just don’t expect me to be singin’ any carols.” He sniffed the air and asked, “You cookin’ somethin’?”She grinned and nodded toward the oven. “I’m making some sugar cookies. I’m gonna ask Adam to help me decorate them when he gets home.”Aaron looked at his. DD ... not DeeDee ... DD. DD was so dumb if her name had had ONE more letter, she couldn't spell it."Your name is DD? Spell it." The inevitable answer to the question, was "i-t."Air head implies something in there."Come one come all, see the Last Wonder of the World ... Shake her, Boys. she rattles."In future years, she would be the child left behind in an educational system based on Everyone passing.Not that it was all bad. No, She was 'easy' in Junior High. She was the 'Sure Thing' in High. Every time I noticed the precious seconds passing, I wondered why I had not finished her yet. She could not live! If she lived, it would be all for nothing. It did not matter if she was only half-royal blood. It did not matter if she was a woman and could not take the crown for herself because, eventually, if she bore a child, a boy, he would be the king of Caestyria. That could not happen. Moraine had to die."Could death... Show me its real face before I go?" The girl asked. "Think of it as a. "Oh, okay. I'll mention that to Stacey next time we get together." We never had this conversation," he laughed.I recounted it to Lee when I got home."I worry, you know." I know you do, punkin," I said."But you think enough to bring me, and I'm YOUR wife and I know YOU trust me, so you must know something that I'm missing..." You're missing nothing," I said."But YOU love me," she said. "I take unfair advantage." And that makes it all the more impressive when others who aren't married to you.