”Kyle selects the recommended tie off the rack and turns toward the mirror to tie it in a traditional Windsor knot. When he wraps it around his neck...he looks to the mirror, only to be shocked to see the reflection of a vision in a gray business dress standing behind him. He slowly turns to face Kathleen while all thoughts of a tie or a funeral completely vanish from his brain. Kyle says, “Dayum, Woman! You sure do clean-up nice!”Kathleen giggles briefly at Kyle’s comment and asks, “Is that like. .. I'm coming back through this way in a couple of weeks. I think I'd really rather surprise him." Oh my," the receptionist giggled. "I'm sure it will be a pleasant surprise."Bonnie assured her it would and hung up. I asked. Bonnie said. I said.Tuesday, November 13, 1979None of us went into work that week. We did do some work over the phone, but I didn't want any of us to expose ourselves to danger. We did enjoy the closeness of being together 24-7.When we got up on Tuesday morning, Bonnie was. "Umm,those are cute shoes," I said lamely. "I hate them! Sheer torture if I walk more than a few meters," sheconfided. Our conversation continued along those momentous lines whilewe waited for a waiter to take our orders. Gabrielle was drinkingCampari and bitter lemon, which looked light and refreshing, so I orderedone too. Our chatter continued over entrees, salads and much wine. Itturned out that Gabrielle was a newly-licensed architect returning froman internship in Paris. I deflected. He said the garden at the back had a small shed where we could go. My heart was racing right now and when he asked if that was okay I was so close to saying I was too uncomfortable with outdoors and that I wanted to leave it. However I had been waiting to try cock for ages now and knew I'd be gutted if I said no.We walked through the back door into his garden to the shed.. It was surprisingly clean with just a lawn mower, small stool and and shelves with some gardening stuff on it. As soon as.