.. Laura, will you put up with me for a lifetime and be my wife?” Hanna was crying with a huge smile. Mattie, who kept the secret perfectly, was gin...erly bouncing in her chair with a huge grin. My tears flowed.Laura barely hesitated. She fell on her knees next to me with a magnificent smile and tears starting cascading down her cheeks. She grabbed me into a bear hug and shouted “Oh, God! Yes, yes, yes, yes!” Each yes was sealed with a touch of our lips.Hanna joined the hug and Mattie came over. But on the other hand, I gained no benefit from the last 19 minutes of their agony, my concern was the example they set for others who saw them burn, what they thought about, and how it might change the natural resolve not to talk. My soldiers, on the other hand, did not mind killing those who needed to be killed, but by nature they really did not look for people to suffer. A coup de grace is a mercy that soldiers have naturally given to both friends and foes who cannot be saved.Of course Gun. Me: What’s wrong?Chloe: Nothing really! But.Me: But?Chloe: Well it was my first time and I enjoyed it. I saw you enjoying it.Me: Yes.Chloe: It hurt. I didn’t want to disappoint you and I didn’t say anything about it.Me: I’m sorry about that.Chloe: It’s not your fault! I wanted to do it! You know how it is. You never forget your first time and I wanted it to be good! And it was, it really was! But after it started hurting. And it still hurts a bit.Me: I’m sorry.Chloe: No, don’t be! What I’m. ”“Well, you can stop worrying for a few months. I’m probably out of work for three months or so.”“Oooh, I get a househusband!”I laughed. “You bet! I’ll be here when you come home after a hard day of slaving over a hot laptop. A gourmet meal will be waiting, and I’ll be wearing a slinky black cast.”Kelly laughed hard enough to start coughing. “That I will have to see!”“You’re going to have to do something about my pants, babe. I can’t wear cargo shorts for the next month.”“I bet I can do.