"Just as Sue was thinking to herself that he was still a mystery to her,he stood up, then got down on one knee."Susan, I love you very much, I hope it...is returned and if it is, willyou marry me?"She was totally shocked. Her head spun. It was something she hadn'tseen coming in a million years."Mark, I know it's a bit clich?d but can you give me a day or two tothink about it? I do have strong feelings towards you, but this is tooimportant not to give it a lot of thought."He suggested that she. After Derek had been given into the hands of his sinful Aunt, that losshad been felt strongly by them then. Her actions in closing the outpostof faith in favor of this place had grated on him in more ways thanjust financial. But he had to admit, looking around at what she hadbuilt in its place, that before she had been sent to her richlydeserved punishment in hell, what she had built was much moresuccessful than what Derek's parents had owned.Now of course the Church would not miss the. .. an accident." Really?" she asked, not believing a word of that. "Don't you know where babies come from?" Uh..." I cleared my throat and looked at my hands."Julie told me the two of you had sex every chance you got," she continued. "That was the plan, right? Get her pregnant so you could be her boyfriend?" I guess so," I admitted, reluctantly. Jules had confessed? Ouch! "I love her." You broke up with her," Mrs. Collins said, and then she actually laughed. "I mean, you pretended to break up. ."They made the rounds in silence, but Gibbs knew the silence was a comfortable and unstressed one. Unlike the exes, Tony didn't expect a constant stream of meaningless chatter, even though he rambled almost as much as Ducky at times. When he'd visited all his men, they parted, both going back to their cars and returning home without another word.The tantalizing aromas of coffee, cinnamon, and fresh baking hit Gibbs' nose once he walked inside. A plate of freshly baked cinnamon rolls sat on the.