But truthfully, he was worried. Overtime, Deidre seemed to lose interest in him. She didn’t seem to want to really be around him and only spent time...with him at functions involving the family. Although their schedule worked out so that they could spend time with each other, they often spent their time apart. The breakup was finalized when Darius realized Deidre was spending all of her time with an old friend of his, Jason Adams. He confronted her about the time she spent with the other man and. ’ The minstrel nodded gravely and sat down on one of the benches. He extracted a finely carved Irish lap harp from the thick canvas bag and set it in place, plinking at a few strings to test if they were still in tune. Meanwhile the woman with him had pulled a tambourine out of her pack and pushed a few of the benches aside, standing and waiting for the minstrel to start. He ran his hands along the strings, sounding a tinkling arpeggio and broke into a haunting melody. The girl just stood. Will you marry me ?”She was shocked, happy, surprised, everything all at once. She looked him straight in the face “Yes, Oh most definitely Yes”. Her face beamed.“I want you to keep your job and position here Melanie, the thought of the staff fucking you works for me.” He beamed a smile at her and the happiness in her eyes answered him. “I also intend that you be tattooed if you are agreeable ?”“Anything James. Just anything you want.”James used the old fashioned intercom to call Rachel into. They would be seeingtheir cousins again shortly.As the day drew on, the girls were continuing to get impatient. Anne wasnot yet back from work, though she wouldn't be for another 2 hours."I'm getting fed up!" sighed Jessica, who had resorted to lying on herbed. "Do you think they will come early or late?" Mommy or our cousins?" asked Sandra."Our cousins," replied Jessica."Does anyone want to help me play with the dolls house?" asked Kelly.Jessica got up and went over to join her. Sandra was.