"Just a minute, sweetheart. Wait."She continued to watch them. Her mouth was slightly open but she was almost holding her breath. Had the boys looked ...pward they would have seen her peering into their little sanctuary. Just how much would they have seen? Her lips forming an oval? Her eyes fixed? Her sex pushed into the rail?The entire scene couldn't have lasted more than a minute or two. The boys parted and left the Chinese garden, walking northward, but not before the older boy had put the. When you return, and after you turn eighteen, we'll have an elaborate wedding: white gown, veil, tuxedos, hundreds of guests, the whole nine yards."She'd obviously given a lot of thought... I stopped the thought abruptly. With an abrupt about-face, I no longer felt amenable. I was suddenly angry. I felt like I was being manipulated and used. Mary had been ecstatic when I asked her to be my wife. She'd been unhappy when I informed her that the engagement would be a long one. Was she using the. ” he said, he wanted to trust her, wanted to have someone in his life at the minute that didn’t want to see him hurt.She let out a delighted little squeak and leant down, kissing him quickly before standing and beckoning for him to stand too. “Up! And turn around, face the mirror.. Just kneel right there on the edge.. Here..” She scooped up his old clothes, rolling them and placing them on the wooden bench to give him something soft to kneel on. He followed her directions, a part of him just. Put a 3 beside your preferred name, a 2 beside your second choice and a 1 beside your third choice. Hopefully the scoring system would produce a clear winner.Everyone looked over the list of names and after a few minutes and numerous scribbles, everyone handed their sheets back to Henry, who then entered the numbers on the spreadsheet, which was displayed on the screen.Everyone’s top choice varied quite a bit and spread the points out drastically, with no two people choosing the same name,.