We exchanged gifts."I'll go first," said Margaret, already tearing at the wrapping paper.The shirts brought a warm murmur of approval; the book achiev...d one of her special smiles, and a kiss. I was very happy."Now you," she said.I could tell this was important from her whole demeanour, and not just because the gift came in a long, flat jewellery box. Excitedly I unpicked a familiar knot, and prised back the sprung lid. Inside, on a black velvet lining, were two silver chains. One was long, and. "That's understandable," Hayley replied. "But he's your husband, and you're going to have to spend some time with him. Do you think he's going to want to have sex?" Oh, I didn't think about that," Katelyn answered. "Yes, probably at some point he will. I just don't feel that into it, but he's used to that." Don't worry about me or anything," Hayley said. "He's your husband, and he brought us together. He deserves some time with you. Just come tell me about it after you're done. Do you think you. “Dad, I suppose I’ve always taken for granted that you would be here forever, even after we were all grown and started raising families. When Momma first told me of your illness, I cried for days and tried to keep it to myself. I finally had to tell my brother, Eli, about you just so I’d have someone to talk to about this. He swore that he’d never tell the others, though we were to never have secrets between us.”“Ezra, my time is drawing near. Your mother and I have made our peace with each. It doesn’t have to be official, but I’m here for anything you need,” I explained.Since we had been in the business for two growing seasons, I had made a couple of purchases to manage the dry cleaning of profits. One of them was a small cheap motel which got a quick paint job and a new sign. It was on the highway between Sparta and West Jefferson. For my purposes the Motel had to be down on it’s luck place. The Motel Jefferson was that for sure.I needed to search for just the right manager for.