I’ll never sneak around on you.” “I guess it helps that they’re all married, too,” she said, taking a sip from her cup. “All that stuff we...said last night? It means we surrender each other to the group, and in return, they respect our relationship in the same way we respect theirs.” Cary stood up, twisted sideways and planted herself in my lap. She wrapped her arms around the back of my neck. “Thank you, my darling. It was wonderful. I love you.” “And thank you, my love,” I replied. “You’re. "A half-hour later we're getting into my car and I'm realizing that one point of this exercise is 'Let's get Tina to take us to the store!'. Happily, these two aren't the feral kind of kids you see running wild in the grocery store. They did look at the bakery department's oatmeal cookie offering, though, with running commentary."Ours will have more spices," Rachel said. "And love." Yes," Terri emphasized. "We will put love and happiness into ours."Okay, now you KNOW we're gonna make these. .."In a surreal way, it was actually charming watching one of the most popular guys in school wringing his hands like he was asking for my daughter's hand in marriage. Of course, Jake wasn't your typical "popular jock." Up until the 10th grade, Jake had been "The Fat Kid" in every class. I guess he'd finally had enough of it, because he basically locked himself in the weight room for eight months and emerged as the pride of our football team. But the sudden popularity never went to his head,. A black Toyota had swerved across the two lanes, the driver behind the wheel just sat there, staring straight ahead, not paying any attention to the honks of horns and shouts of impatience from the drivers whose route he was blocking. All of a sudden she sensed her charge tense his leg muscles and reach for the door handle. He exited his car and made his way to the black Toyota. Very soon, she thought. Kraig approached the car that was causing him to become even more behind schedule. He could.