’ ‘I feel like such a monster!’ She sobbed. ‘They are the monsters, not you.’ That should have been punctuated by an affectionate term. God,...I’m such a failure. ‘But I let them keep doing it to me! I should have stopped them!’ ‘What you did, leaving, and telling me about it, took more courage than I could ever muster up.’ I stroked her hair, trying to do whatever I could to bring her some measure of comfort.’And I promise you I won’t let them hurt you again.’ ‘Promise?’ she looked up at me with. Damn, it was good!The next morning, his sisters and nieces showed up at our house in a stretch limousine they had hired. The two of us got our asses dressed in our suits as fast as we could and ran downstairs. We all sat in the back of the limo, chewing on croissants and drinking champagne, as we made our way to City Hall.It was fucking romantic, standing on the stairs of City Hall and taking our vows amid lots of other couples. I made up a poem for him and read it as we exchanged rings. John. Sandra dashed into the girls toilets and locked herself in one of the cubicles. She held her head in her hands and began to cry. It was so humiliating to be spoken about like that, and in front of half the school too. It was going to be weeks before she could look anyone in the eyes again.After a few minutes of trying to collect her thoughts, Sandra got up to leave the cubicle but to her surprise immediately fell back down. She hadn't noticed before but she had become extremely light-headed and. ’ ‘Come on Honey lets go,’ Candy said to me. I opened the driver’s door and Candy slid in stopping in the middle. I barely had room to get in, she was sitting that close. Vivian’s mouth was still moving, but she hadn’t uttered a single word as we drove off down the street. When we’d rounded the corner, we both started laughing, ‘I’m sorry Don, but the opportunity was too good to pass up,’ she continued giggling. ‘Candy, you’re evil. That was priceless, well worth the price of admission,’ ‘I’m.