"The judge looked at the medal again and asked, "What medals exactly did he earn in Iraq?"Nancy said, "This one is a Bronze star. He also got a Silver...Star from the army and a Navy Cross from the Navy, plus two Purple hearts for the wounds he got there."The judge said, "I wasn't aware of that. I knew that he'd been injured there, but not the circumstances." He looked at the lawyer and said, "Can you verify this?"The lawyer said, "Not at this time. I didn't see the need to get copies of the. Technically, though, she could call herself a model now, she guessed. Thinking of some of the revealing photos Tara had taken, she blushed even harder.“Olivia, this is Mimi,” said Claire. “This is her house.”Olivia nodded, unsure what to say. Mimi clasped her hand briefly in a friendly but businesslike way and said, “Charmed, I’m sure.” Turning to Claire she added, “Where’s Tara?”“In the office uploading.” With that, Mimi turned on her heel and disappeared into the house, and Olivia heard. People would be married first. I told them things were different now. I did take Becky and Bryan aside and told them I might ask Beth to marry me; would they have any problems with that? After all I'd only be divorced a little over a month.They were happy for me and told me they loved Beth and they knew she made me happy. I did tell them that Beth and I never talked about it and she might want to wait. I just wanted to know how they felt about it.We flew down to Florida on Christmas Eve. The. When I arrived, just as the hot sun began its decent into the western sky, I found her dressed in tight T-shirt & jeans skirt that outlined her sexy body. Her make up had been applied with expert attention and the blue shade around her eyes highlighted the dark outline that pointed seductively away from her pupils. Her gold chain shone as it hung, almost erotically, around her neck. Her wrists held the weight of the gold bangles with ease and her rings sparkled in the dimming light as the sun.