She could see it in his eyes. He drove her back to their mountain. It was there that he told her. While she and the farm might have been enough to hol... him there before, things had changed. He had a duty. He had joined the marines. But even then, her Peter had taken care with her. Pulling another small black box from the glove box, he had slipped a small diamond ring on her finger. ‘Will you do me the honor of being my wife?’ he had almost whispered. As with that first morning on the bus, Jill. ”“For the price it ought to be,” he agrees.Candace goes to the big window that overlooks the lake and stares out at it. Luke follows her over and come up behind her, wrapping his arms around her. She grabs them softly and leans back into the boy. “It’s a nice view,” she sighs.Luke reaches around her and pulls the door open. The cool morning air hits them as he guides her out onto the private balcony. “It almost reminds me of our first visit to a hotel,” he says. Silence falls over them as they. We might do well to bear that in mind.”Rachel smiled ruefully. “Years ago Jenny I wanted to join the military wing of the Line. Our Mistress forbade it! I was upset by that at the time but I realise now that she was very wise. I wanted to join for all the wrong reasons. Some crazy notions of revenge or something! I’d have been a lousy soldier! She forced me to learn wisdom and tranquillity. I found my true purpose in helping young people, young people that were as messed up as I’d been. I’ve. But only you can decide if you can forgive him. Whatever you decide, we'll support you. You know that."Gina smiled and hugged her sister. "Thank you, Ed. You're always there for us. Sometimes I think of you as the big brother I never had."I smiled and shook my head. "When you're around, Gina, I'm not thinking like a big brother."That got both the sisters laughing and the somber mood was broken."So, you girls have been holed up in that bedroom for days on end. What have you been up to?" We have.