"Dad...mom...why did you have to do all this to me tonight!" Billwhined on embarrassed."Your wife has to know the man she is marrying son, beside your...motherhas been mentally planning out this night for decades!" his fatherchuckled."Okay what other messes did he do?" Gwen egged on the conversation inhopes that there was more 'juicy' stories to hear."Ohh...Ohh I have one honey!" His dad almost shouted for his turn,"remember that trip to Disney world!"Bill's mom instantly started laughing, Bill. Her lips were cold, immobile. Damon’s stomach knotted. ‘Goodnight. I love you,’ he heard her murmur, as if from a distance. Smiling automatically into her small, heart-shaped face, Damon replied, without thinking, ‘I love you, too.’ But he hadn’t loved her. Not really, or at least, not nearly enough to bind himself to her for the rest of his life. He’d known it and apparently, she’d known it—even before he had. Every now and then, he’d hear his mother’s voice in his head, questioning him,. Halfway there Sìneadh stopped by a tall memorial and leaned back against it, looking seawards. She drew in the air, salted and sweetly peat-smoked, through her nose.‘This is my favourite place,’ she said. ‘I come here every day and talk to myself.’A hoarse breeze fluttered across the sea, slicing the tips of the waves as it came closer. ‘The view is lovely,’ Eva said, adjusting her hat. ‘And it will be even nicer in summer.’Sìneadh laughed and snaked her arm inside Eva’s. ‘You’re like my. "Kim reached out to touch her arm in support. "I'm sorry I caused this.I really just wanted this week to go by without incident. Fred is a dearman, but I'm not sure he thought this through." No - really," Leah replied. "I'm glad of what I said and I wouldn'ttake back a word. And who knows? Maybe she won't want to drone on to meabout how everyone is to blame but her - yes, I know the type. Theyalways try to sway the new people to their side and pit the workers andmanagement in an.