’ ‘What?’ ‘Think about the first time we went to the Blue Mountains.’ He felt her body start to relax. ‘Remember all the teddy-bears?�... Her lips spread into a smile and he pushed his chin forward so he could caress them with his own. ‘Remember how strange the owner of the bed and breakfast was?’ He continued. ‘She wanted to serve us curry for breakfast,’ Ellia whispered. ‘And she had a herd of dirty little dogs that followed her everywhere.’ ‘I was going to ask you to marry me that. ’ he said. ‘Do you want to give this a chance?’ ‘Yeah, why not.’ I replied trying to contain happiness at the prospect of an actual relationship. ‘Okay, let’s do it.’ Dante said. And that was that he was mine alone now. ‘What’s today’s date?’ he asked suddenly. ‘May 27th, why?’ I asked. ‘Oh cause I like to remember anniversaries.’ Dante said smiling. It was then that we decided to leave, hand in hand we walked back to his house, I was elated. Suddenly he turned to me and asked ‘can I get a kiss. So let’s not complicate our lives.”All this while she was sitting facing the cliff and I was looking at her. Suddenly she turned towards me and said: “Can we manage that?”All I could do was a nod in the affirmative. There was nothing I could say. Nothing I could do to change her mind. She was adamant and knew exactly how she wanted to approach this situation. I grudgingly had to respect that.Although I didn’t think it possible, things actually went back to normal after that, better than normal. "I got us a new contract with Rosenblatt, Dad," Travis laid the papers on the table."You like doing business with that hoity-toity Jew bitch," Jerry snapped into the Sports section of the paper."That 'Jew bitch' as you call her, gave us a minimum purchase, twelve month contract for six pieces," Travis replied and then added, "could you be any more offensive if you tried?"His father snorted as his manner of reply. Travis shot a look of askance towards his mother who gave him the sign to remain.