I pushed my seat back into a fully reclined position and put both me feet onto the dashboard, my dress hiked-up mid-thigh, but I was fully relaxed and...really enjoying the quiet and beauty of everything around me.The dappled light filtering through the trees, made me look as it flashed with each cool breeze blowing through the growth, and as I looked I caught sight of a man standing in the undergrowth.I saw his head and noted he was wearing one of those T-shirts that was modeled on Army. She was in danger, she knew that for sure. Even a strong, independent woman like her would start to shake in fear at the feeling.And yet, she was also getting wet. She bit her lip. The danger, the unknown aftermath of what was about to happen. It was all so...fulfilling. She loved it! She knew her life could end tonight if one thing went wrong. She had worked so hard to keep this extremely delicate balance. But gambling all of that every single night was one of the things that kept her going.. "Where?" Here, with my family... they want to meet you. We always have a family day on Saturday." Me? What? with your family?" I said, flabbergasted."Yes, I told mom and dad all about you, well some, and they want to meet you."I tried to think of all the excuses I could but one gaze at Nan's expectant expression and I knew I had to go through with it."What'll I wear?" Clothes, you idiot. What does anyone wear to a BBQ, a tux?"Nancy had spilled the beans to her folks the second night back from. Isaac was the last in the line. *** We went to another small ceremony that night where we had a light dinner, then headed back to our place. Isaac found a seat and brooded, I put some of the food that had been passed to us in the fridge and came back to give him shoulder rub. For a few minutes nothing was said between us. ‘Thanks for going today.’ ‘No, it was nice to see all those people you told me about.’ He gave an aborted chuckle. ‘You know one of things I love about you? You’re a.