"I think the best thing to do is to just tell her that you like her and that it would make you happy to go out with her." OK," I said. It made sense, ...nd I thought that Gemma would say yes."Before you ask her, though, you should talk to your father," my mother told me."Why?" I asked."Well, I think he wants to give you some advice," she explained.Later that night, after my father came home, I told him my plans to ask Gemma out."My son is growing up," he said with a smile."Dad!" I. At the house Tom once shared with his wife and son, Mary hung up the phone while Matt finished doing the breakfast dishes. ‘That was Ricky,’ she said. ‘He’s at the airport. He said he’s going to stop by his father’s place before he comes home. He really sounds excited.’ ‘I guess that means he decided to go to State,’ Matt said as he set the last dish in the drying rack and dried his hands on a dish towel. ‘I guess so,’ Mary said. Matt walked over, put his arms around Mary, and kissed her. She. " Christopher who had been staring at Laurel the whole time, let out a sigh "who was that beauty Trink, she about gave me a heart attack with that first smile hello" Trevor grinned "heart attack is that all? I thought my eyes were going to fall out when I first saw her." "That be Laurel the songstress" Trink replied as he watched Laurel walk away.Laurel told herself it didn't matter to her what Revanche did, he was a grown man, he had urges just like she did, just that she had only given in to. " You're right," Agrippa agreed with his wife, bouncing Alexander on his knee. "Poppea may be a whore but she isn't a killer. It most likely sickened her as the others but she is keeping her mouth shut."Two weeks later word spread around that the Christians set fire to the city. Nero bought the idea and started speaking against them. He had recently ordered the Apostle Paul to be beheaded and it was carried out a few days before the fire. A Guard, selected at random, brought his sword on Paul's.