I asked the driver to take us to my place. When we reached at my home, I asked her to wait outside for 5 mins. I went inside, checked the arrangement,...sprayed air freshener, lit up the candles and turned off the lights.I went outside, took her hand in mine and walked her inside. She was amazed to see all these arrangement and immediately turned towards me and hugged me. She said no one has ever done so much for me and that she’ll never let me go.I said forget the past, now your life will be. Finally in frustration, Cathy blurted out, "This isn't working." What is it that you want me to tell you, Cathy?" I want you to tell me how you feel about our relationship. Do we have one? Is it strong? What do you want to see happen to it? That's what I have been trying to get you to tell me." What? You think that I should come in to your town, sweep you off your feet and carry you away into the sunset? That's not going to happen, Cathy, for any number of reasons, if for none other than that. ’ It sounded like a good idea. Dougie really did know all the tricks of the hotel trade, got us into the restaurant with ease and persuaded the hotel to sponge down my suit and launder my shirt overnight for peanuts. He had planned ahead for this eventuality and had his own spare clothes and toothbrush in his carry-on. We hit the bar, and boy, could he drink. It was like I was the boring married one and he was the footloose and fancy free bachelor, the way he put away the liquor. Actually, I. Many little knickknacks adorned all the horizontal surfaces of the room, supported by finely crocheted doilies. On one prominent sideboard, there was an old black button accordion splayed open into a half-round, topped by an old faded picture of a couple, the man holding a baby in his arms.“Can I get you some tea?” she asked, approaching with a pot in hand.“Um, no thank you.”She sat next to me at the table and smiled as she poured herself a cup. “Shannon says you produced a very nice set of.