‘Alex, I’ve had the best news ever!’ Alex untangled her arms from around his neck. ‘Your children have decided to move to England to live with...their father.’ Julia pouted. Someone must have told her at one time that her pout was endearing and that acting like a spoilt brat would make men give her whatever she wanted because now it was a frequent expression. Alex was always tempted to remind her of the mom’s story about her face possibly getting stuck if the wind changed. ‘Not funny Alex, those. ’ With dread now, ‘They did see us. We are in trouble.’ Alice and I rush toward each other and come together in a big full body hug. Her budding breasts get me hard again but we both ignore it because of the seriousness of the situation. Tears in our eyes now, I swear to her, ‘Listen, no matter what happens they won’t be able to keep us apart. We belong together.’ Alice nods and smiles while she says the first part of our promise we made years back, ‘Best of friends.’ I reply, ‘Now and. ’ The colour returned to Ryan’s face as the bartender walked away, dejected. ‘Are you okay, darling?’ Gemma asked, taking Ryan’s hand in hers, and looking at his expression searchingly. She leaned over the table and placed a hand on his forehead. ‘You haven’t got a temperature or anything, have you?’ He took her hand in his and stroked it looking into her eyes. Gemma saw an intensity in the look that she didn’t recognise. She suddenly became acutely aware of how blue his eyes were. She. You males are so dense at times.)On the way to Mary's house Father Tim realized that Mary was trying to remove her rings."Mary, I don't think that is fair to Jeff." Father, I don't want to hurt my parents." Mary, who is more important to you, Jeff or your parents?" questioned Father."Jeff!" sobbed Mary."Then?" was Father's one word question.Mary turned to her mate, "I'm sorry Dear, I love you and we will be together. But I feel my parents still control me." Mary leave them on and I will tell.