"But for a man in my life, if you were to point to one, he'd be the nearest. Now, your Ben, if I were so inclined, would be one heck of a catch. Do yo... know Barbara raved for hours about how in love with you he is? She tortured me for a day about the look in his eyes when he brushed your hair at her little cookout."Sandy blinked. Little cookout? It was catered... Yet, Deb carried on, seemingly oblivious to Sandy's surprise. "Oh yes, it's obvious to us all, you two are completely smitten.". I moved to the side of the house and watched as the gang slowly left.Soon only Adrianne and her two ex-boyfriends were left. They started playing three-handed euchre. The night was fairly warm and I had cracked some of the windows earlier so I was able to hear most of went on. There were playing for a quarter a hand and Adrianne was losing. After a half-hour she said that she was out of money and was going to have to quit. One of the guys said, "You don't need money. We lose, you get a quarter,. I am proud of you because you showed you have the honesty to not cash in of someone else's ability. Most kids would have claimed the prize money and never thought twice about it. Most grownups would too, I bet. Yet you are just too honest to make money on a lie." She patted his shoulder and smiled affectionately at him."I'm glad 'cause I'm really starting to care what you think of me," Greg told her. He had a serious look on his face. Greg suddenly realized he wanted her as his best friend and. "Cover me," Chrissie said, coming to decision in her mind. "I'm gonna go out and talk them from a little closer." Right," Michelle and Mike said."Stay right where you are," Chrissie told the two women. "I'm gonna approach you. Keep your hands up like you have them and don't make any sudden moves."The two women promised that they wouldn't and Chrissie jumped down out of the truck. She trotted over to the left shoulder of the Interstate and, keeping her AR-15 trained on them, slowly walked.