It was awkward at the beginning. Kelly was less subtle than Kasey about her questions. I don't know if she expected to embarrass me or if she wanted t... intimidate me but I put a stop to it pretty quickly."I know I shot a withering glance down the hallway."It's taken care of, Mike," she assured me. "Seriously, it lasted about 10 minutes before I pulled her aside and told her to knock it off or I'd start firing back. I told her that if she was worried about how I would treat her kids then she. ”“Bullshit. One can love more than one person, and no one can possess another.” I was angry, disappointed and heartbroken. What was I supposed to do?I could feel tears welling up in my eyes. “Both of you belong to middle-class mediocrity.”I turned around and pulled Melanie closer to me. She put her arms around me and tried to console my shattered soul. I gave everything to Dick, my heart and my loyalty and now he threw it back in my face. Tears flowed over my cheeks and burnt my eyes. Melanie,. ” his thumb traced her lower lip. “You know I love you, don’t you?” he rumbled, those eyes boring in hers.Undiluted sadness invaded her. If only he had not said a thing, she could reside in the illusion that this was one of those clichés of the bachelor and his tryst with a widow merely to tackle his urges.A large hand stretched to the side-table as he picked up a leather pouch. From inside it, he fished a simple gold ring. “Will you marry me, Harriet?” That he did not kneel or do all the. All through the sheep dipping, Gary had been half-heartedly yelling cum-bye-ere (God only knows what that actually means,) and whistling sets of orders that would have directed the sheep into the nearest ravine had Rambo taken any notice of the botched commands. Gary’s thoughts were firmly ensconced in Betty and nowhere near the Yorkshire Dales. Betty lives on a neighbouring farm, is nineteen, smitten with Ronan Keating, most of the current boy-bands, make up, her slippers and Gary… in that.