"Yes, being a pastor has its perks but that doesn't mean I don't have struggles with my wife, believe me. There are plenty of days when I wanna set th... woman on fire." The room filled with laughter.Oh, sweet Jesus. The pastor was on the other side of the wall. My pastor! Separated by thin drywall and old brick. The image of him participating in the glory hole was unsettling and I wanted to leave. Right then and there."Speaking of marriage unions," the pastor said, "how is yours going so far,. They made a collective sigh of relief. I hadn't realized how worried they were. About an hour later, there was a soft tapping at the back door. I let Jenny in, accepting a quick kiss while the others held a quick whispered conversation. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw everyone around the kitchen table. I took a moment to text Martha, 'Jenny's here'.“I just had a chat with your mother.” I told her.She looked at us in near panic, worried, I supposed, that we would send her. She looked wonderful.They were standing in an otherworldly place that crowded out everything they knew of the world. Michael was all empty where his heart should be and the silence could almost swallow them. Then Sarah's voice came from somewhere, a tiny sound, almost nothing at all."I'm so sorry, Mikey."She waited for a second, and when he didn't reply she went on, "I know you hate me, and you have every right to. What I did was horrible. I only hope you can forgive me."He still didn't say. Mother said that she had talked it over with Donald and he had asked her to marry him. She had told him that she would if I would not mind making it a double wedding. I gave her a big hug and told her that I would not mind sharing the event since part of the ceremony would be the bridal impregnation. She thought about it a moment and said. “I would be happy to share that with you. I may be able to do it then since I had quit taking the pills when we first came over to the house from the Cayuse..