Finally, it was sister Diane accompanied by Dad. Never have I seen a girl look as gorgeous as Diane did that day. In light of the torture she had unde...gone it was only right.The Cardinal began the celebration of the Nuptial Mass. It proceeded in a more or less normal fashion — normal that is, except for the invisible choir — until the Alleluia. Instead of the normal verse, we heard the most magnificent rendition ever heard of The Alleluia Chorus from Handel’s “Messiah”. (Later we learned that. " He let that sink in. "I know the check is good ... it's from a major insurance company. If SHE kept it, there wouldn't be a serious tax implication. Well, as long as she could prove it was part of an estate settlement. But in YOUR account, you'd have to claim it as income. You'd lose more than a fourth of it to taxes." He paused, waiting for me to comment. When I didn't, he rushed on. "She didn't seem to care about that at all! Claimed it was your money now, taxes be damned. Started spouting. . hold it ... hold it ... hold itttttttt ... Good!"Between a radiologist that thought sixteen was the same age as six, and the interminable number of X-rays, cat and pet scans, and other scans, I spent three hours getting photographed. By the time I finally got to put my clothes back on and see Doctor Phaisal, I was hungry, grumpy, frustrated, and short tempered.And he knew it."Kevin, I know this is not fun, neither is the news I'm going to share with you, so if you think you're in a bad mood. That would be all the encouragement he'dneed, she thought. Any moment, her tender lover would become a wild,raging animal.Eric broke off their kiss. He gazed into her eyes.Here it comes, Diane thought. He'll yank my skirt down my legs and ripmy panties off, and, then--"You're beautiful," Eric said, his voice soft and warm and full ofwonder.Oh, he was good, Diane told herself. The bastard sounded as if he reallymeant it. He could hurt a girl with his words as well as his blows."Thanks," she.