I gentlyknocked on the door, and he told me to come in."I've finished my maths, sir," I said, handing him my exercise book."Good." He briefly looked o...er my answers, nodding to himself. He lookedat me for a few seconds, as if he were studying me."You know, I know why you're here," he told me. "Your mother told mewhat you did." But... She promised she wouldn't tell anybody!" She's worried about you. She doesn't understand why you did it, and shefeels she can no longer trust you. So why did you. I looked at Mandy. She had her hand to her mouth, an astonishedexpression upon her face. She must have been thinking the same thing asme.I was beet red nonetheless though. "There must be a mistake," I saidweakly."Are you kidding me?!" she exclaimed. "They're gorgeous Danni!Absolutely gorgeous! And they really may come in handy on your honeymoon.I know Grace will love them." But why would someone who hardly knows me give me such a gift?" I queriedMandy. "It makes no sense." Maybe," Mandy. There didn't seem to be anything wrong with Mark's appetite as he duginto the lunch I had prepared. After a few bites he said, "You reallyshould eat. It's delicious. You don't want it to get cold."Slowly I picked up my fork and managed to eat several bites, but Irealized that I wasn't hungry at all. What did I just do? How did Iallow that to happen?"Aw, come on. Cheer up. It wasn't that bad, was it?"I couldn't suppress a smile when he said that. I even laughed a bit."No, I admit. It. I want to test drive this baby ASAP.” Slyly glancing at Deb, he said, “I don’t blame yea.” Then turning, he dug into a box pulling out a new pack of batteries. While his back was turned towards me, my vision played over all the items behind the counter, finally coming to rest on what looked like a stack of gold coins. At least they appeared to be without the assistance of my old guy vision aids. When he turned back to me fumbling with the pack, I said, “Are those gold coins?” He laughingly.