It was no surprise that both Ray and I should fall in love with them, and no surprise that two years later we had a double wedding.Within the year Fra... was expecting. Clare and I were not quite ready for children and had decided to wait. However Clare shared in the preparation, going along with the parents-to-be, helping to choose the furniture for the nursery and generally being supportive.We were simply devastated when we heard the news. Clare dropped the phone and screamed. I attempted to. "The fact that Ralph was married. How you seduced a married man. That's the ultimate sluttiness." You liked that, huh?" Yes, and you can't deny that it turned you on too." Well, maybe, yeah. I mean, I wasn't trying to seduce a married guy. But yes, it did add to the excitement. My god, we're so bad, we're definitely going to hell." Maybe — but if we're going to hell, we might as well go with a bang." What do you mean?" Over there. See those guys over there? It's a bachelor's party. See the tall. Niemals nach draußen gehen!" Der Vater nickte lächelnd. "Ja richtig. Du weißt, warum die letzte Regel die wichtigste ist, ja?", fragte er zur Sicherheit. "Weil draußen wilde Pokemon sein können, ich weiß Papaaaa.", sagte sie genervt und schob ihren Vater mit aller Kraft an, auf das er doch endlich gehen würde."Hey, wenn du willst, dass ich gehe, dann gehe ich eben. Kein Problem.", sagte er und tat so als ob er einfach gehen würde. "Nein!!! Warte!!", rief sie und klammerte sich an ihn. Ihr Vater. I took a deep breath and let it out slowly. I was almost certain I was about to make a bad mistake. It was a retreat, if nothing else, from a strong negotiating position. But... I had a daughter who couldn't get over her nightmares and it had been so long since I'd heard her gurgling laughter. If there was the slightest chance I could make her whole once more, I had to take it. And... it was for me too. The huge ache in the middle of my being was slowly killing me."Laura," I said lightly,.