These thoughts had such a calming effect that I soon lost my sense of terror and was completely at peace.As I was preparing lunch my phone rang. It wa... Tom. The hairs stood up on the back of my neck. My sense of terror, or at least serious fear, was returning. "What could Tom be calling about. Did Sue actually tell him what we'd talked about?" I thought to myself. Oh god.I picked up the phone."Hey Brandon, how ya feeling this morning?" Said the voice on the phone.It was Tom of course, and he. They were casually dressed, although Nora could see that the other woman had better quality clothes than she herself had on.As they talked for a while, Gilda asked her, “So what motivated you to leave the business?”“Well, for one thing, after ten months, I was getting tired of the whole scene. It was quite a stressful grind after a while.”“I can understand that; it happened to me too.”“The event that really convinced me to get out was that I got a boyfriend. The strange thing is that he started. " Thank you, Eliza."She bristled going out the door.Jimmy was ready. He followed Miss Braxton's as she walked ahead to make sure he was not seen in areas of the estate one would not see a groom and especially entering into Lady Catherine's chamber.Jimmy waited around the corner as Miss Braxton was at the door. Certainly Lady Catherine would forgive her for not knocking this one time. She opened the door and frantically waved Jimmy forward. He ran and slipped inside. Miss Braxton followed and. " she stammered, as she looked at me expectantly.I think that Martha was totally confused. I wasn't carrying anything — no cards, no flowers, no candy. Nada. I wasn't rushing to her to tell her that she was my Valentine sweetheart. She was perplexed. What could this possibly mean?"Where are... , I mean, what are we doing for dinner?" she finally got out the words."To tell you the truth, I'm not that hungry tonight. Why don't you just fix yourself some left-overs, and I'll get something later,.