I had sown the seeds of uncertainty in her mind as well. Uncertainty about her future with me."I have had some time to think about what I will do, now...that you have created this situation. You profess to love me and until this past Monday, I had every reason to believe you. Now ... I'm not so sure."Again she rose in her chair as if to say something ... to contest my misgivings. This time I just stared at her silently and she slumped back into the chair, saying nothing."You tell me you would. As a boy he’d admired DeeDee without even once looking at her sexually. She really had been like one of his fraternal sisters: friendly, beautiful and completely out-of-bounds. Then, one night in 1986 . . . DeeDee had been at university but was back to attend a friend’s birthday party, held at the rugby club. He’d been doing extra training because competition for his treasured position at loosehead had been getting fierce. Strictly speaking, their paths shouldn’t have crossed on an occasion. I nodded my head. See what happens and make decisions at the time. I can always change my mind. I nodded again as I heard footsteps on the stairs.I was confused at first that there were two sets of footsteps, but I realized some of what Rhee had done. I looked up as Dad knocked on the jamb.“Might I come in,” he asked.“Of course, Dad.”I saw him glance at the bed and, after a slight hesitation, nod. He walked to me and opened his arms. I stood and let him envelop me. After about 10 seconds, he. I thought I recognized you sitting over here, but wasn’t for sure,’ she told him. ‘Yeah, it’s me,’ he replied without emotion. ‘It sure is wonderful to see you. I always hoped that we’d meet up again someday,’ she confessed. ‘That makes one of us,’ he said, taking another pull from his bottle. ‘You can’t possibly still be upset about the whopping I gave you back in high school. That was over ten years ago,’ she reminded him. ‘Hate is a hard emotion to overcome,’ he replied. ‘You hate me?’ she.