Soon enough, we only needed four chairs at our table, because Fred and Rick each had one of the skimpily clad cuties sitting in their laps. When I tol... the girl who sat next to me that I wasn't playing around, she seemed offended."You Cheap Charlie then," she huffed as she rose from her chair.Rick caught her arm as she walked by him and whispered something in her ear. The girl's angry face broke into a sunny smile; she nodded her head and plopped back down in her seat."You lucky GI, Cheap. Being fully awake, shehad me at a conversational disadvantage, but the feeling of a metal ringbeing slid over my finger got my full attention. I glanced downward atmy left hand, which was being held in both of Margret's hands. On myring finger was a golden ring with a heart-shaped diamond in thesetting. It wasn't small."Roberta, please be my wife!" We both still were in the bed, and Margretwas kneeling directly in front of me. She stared into my eyes with asense of urgency, as though one of us. Then he lowered them onto her back. She hugged him tighter.Crash whispered in her ear, "Let's talk."Matilda sat down next to him. Once she started, she talked non-stop. She told him about her family and how much she loved her little brother. She told him about coming home and finding them dead and how Leon took her in under the condition she would have sex with him. She did not mention that she had fallen in love with Leon. She skipped over killing the security guard and Detective Grafton,. Take your place with Veronica and Jennifer. They've copied some notes for you."I squeezed between my friends and smiled brightly. They were itching to know what was happening and I told them to be patient until that night. They pestered me for the rest of the day and half suspected the truth. I almost denied it at one stage but enjoyed stringing them along until we were back in the privacy of our dormitory. When they finally got me on the bed they pinned my arms back on the pillow and demanded.