As I lifted my head to look at her, Lori grabbed my chin in her right hand. Firmly she tilted my chin until our eyes met. Looking into those dark brow... eyes it was like my soul was melting. I could feel everything slipping away. All I wanted was to sink into those eyes and never come up. At that moment, it hit me. If she would let me I would spent the rest of my life with this woman. I did not care if she made me sleep on the floor in the kitchen while she slept with a husband in the bedroom.. The boot was off my back, and I could hear their footsteps retreating faster than the sirens were approaching. I finally caught my breath and rolled over to sit on the sidewalk.He stepped out from in front of the light, and I could see him more clearly now. I held up my arm, and he reached down to give me a hand up. "Unless you want to have to deal with the police, I suggest we move ourselves along. I'm Howard."I grasped his forearm and felt the muscle bunch under his skin. He wasn't eight feet. But later, it comes to me that there is a thing in my mind that I cannot leave. Beside me in bed Linda sleeps now, but sleep will not come to me. I rise softly so I will not wake her and go to other room in this great house that we now have. I must think to myself.I make error in this day. Linda says many excuses for my error, but I will not excuse myself from it. I tell her before I am not best at what she and Irving wish me to do, but I will myself to be best, and yet I make error.M’kamba. ’ ‘Oh … okay then. That’s the one I want.’ If I’d known I could put a stop to the endless dithering, I would have said something sooner. I did not ask Tina’s opinion because Tina would not be wearing this ring. Fiona would. The ring was a little loose and had to be resized. It would be ready early the following week. Her intention to dramatically display it at the office would have to wait a couple of days, and that frustrated her more than anything. I had to remind myself that this was a first.