He had pestered her since then to have his brand, till finally she had agreed to a very small one as she believed he was her partner for life and she ...as so in love.She then told me somewhat tearfully the whole story; He had said he would arrange it and one late evening at the allotments two of his “mates,” had arrived just as they were packing up. They had tea then went to one of the lad`s dads shed on the other side of the gardens the remote end.The smooth talking bunch put a gas blowlamp on. She estimated that she’d have one more chance before the kobold was too close to them.Twack! The sound of Fender’s crossbow firing was the next thing Vennoa heard. Fender’s bolt hit that kobold square in its chest, and it fell backwards to the ground. Fender grinned in triumph.With their focus on the kobold marching towards them, Fender and Vennoa had momentarily forgotten about the other kobolds with crossbows. Vennoa looked back at them, and they were frantically reloading their crossbows.. Yes, these brushes work be like a late and double Christmas present for my wife,” I said. “Who would be feeling the wood part of the brushes?” “I would be,” I answered. “That is why I was trying them on my hand, but it doesn’t feel the same way.” “Well, we have a set of brushes in the backroom that I could try out on you,” she said. “I don’t know about that. You must be very busy,” I said. “Since it is after Christmas, the store is very slow. Plus there are other sales clerks and you aren’t the. “Okay. Serious.”“Just like when we started, when you were squirting in a cup for Sara, this pregnancy is OURS. Period. Our baby.”Sara inserted, “But you guys will be close family, just like now, the baby’s aunts and uncle, right?”“Yeah,” Mandy said. “That’s a given.”I sighed. There are even more questions now. I considered Barb as a bit more family than Sara, almost totally based on the fact that Barb had been in my life as long as I can remember. Plus, I guess, that whole ‘first time’ thing,.