She had someone to take care of: the cooking, the cleaning, laundry, their house, everything a good wife, er, mother, was supposed to take care of. Sh... didn't have to worry about money all the time since her man took care of that and he seemed to be doing a pretty good job of it. At least there always seemed to be enough now when she needed to ask for something. She had everything she ever wanted, right?Well, not exactly. Lynn did seem to be having one problem that she thought had gone away. . I can’t imagine spending the rest of my life without you in it.”“I can’t imagine it, either.”“If that’s where we’re headed ... shouldn’t we think about marriage ... down the road, when we’re ready for it?”“I knew we were going to,” Valerie replied. “Without saying it I knew it. I need you, Carter. I truly don’t know where I’d be today without you.”“So, will you promise to marry me?”“Of course, Carter. It goes without saying.”“And I promise to marry you. You know I keep my word.” He embraced. You’re going to be Jennifer Walstow-Mathom’s maids of honour at the summer festival aren’t you? Well we can’t have you letting the House down. At the very least we’ll have to pick out a pair of ball-gowns for the festival ball for you won’t we?”Debra’s eyes were shining in pleasure now “Oh yes! That would be lovely. I’ve only got the one I bought for my debutante ball and that’s ages ago!”“Well Jennifer’s bound to be strutting around in some fabulous creation courtesy of Mathom Hall and I don’t. " Lynn perked up and said, "Hey, do you want to hypnotize me while we wait on the rest of the family?" Nick smiled again. His little sister often offered to let him practice hypnotism. He found her to be pretty suggestible. He had found that using hypnotism you couldn't just have people do whatever you wanted. One rule was that it had to be something they were okay with or agreed with at least subconsciously for their conscious mind not to instantly reject his suggestion. He had once suggested.