She turned to look up at Xavier. There was a longpause and Norman almost thought she might do it. "No, I'm notready yet." Her eyes traveled down Xavie...'s body and locked on tohis crotch. Norman didn't blame her. He could easily imagine themonster those briefs contained ripping through the material atany moment. He zoomed in on the man's crotch and took a quickpicture. Kneeling, Ameena couldn't see it, but Xavier's briefswere so stretched, it was as if he'd gained six inches on hiswaist. The. Carl even managed to congratulate me.After supper, we went to “our” couch in the common room.We kissed and held each other. The week sped by. Friday afternoon, we got in my wagon and I drove us to the home of my parents. We pulled in and were met by both. Dad had gotten off early. I had emailed them to let them know that we were engaged now.Dad spun Agnes around in a hug. “I’m glad you’re going to marry my son. You make him look so much better when you’re beside him.”“That’s the place for my. But something seemed to fill me with dread whenever I was about to phone her. But it made me feel so silly not phoning her. So eventually I plucked up the courage and asked her if she fancied meeting up some time for a drink or meal.The first time we went out for a drink I dressed really casually - I didn't want to overdo it. But she wore a really lovely summer dress. I felt really bad so next time we went out I wore a really sexy black number and she was in jeans. We both laughed about. She was afraid. She was horrifyingly afraid of me.Beth started wailing as she ran and fell on her knees in front of me. She rested her head on my legs a cried harder than I’ve ever seen any woman cry. I made no attempt to soothe her. I sat there and let her go on for a while. Once she was quiet enough that I thought she could hear me, I had to get this conversation started.“As you can see, my patience is gone. I don’t want to lose it with you here. I love you too much. I suggest you pull it.