I wrapped one arm around her waist anchoring her to me and with the other I brushed back her hair and cupped her face pulling her deeper into the kiss... Finally we broke the kiss to gasp for air but the connection remained strong there was no need to ask if she was sure, or if she wanted to wait, and she knew how deeply my love and commitment to her ran. I gently brushed her lips with mine and whispered "I love you Ember" needing to say it out loud. Her eyes lit up "I love you too Marcus," she. ”“I’ll never forget about you in a hundred years, Abigail. I’d like to talk to you too, but I never talked on a telephone. We read all about them though and Dad thinks we may have one in a year or less.”“Our grandmother lives in town and she let us talk to our aunt in Dallas one day. That was so amazing to us.”“We got a telegraph at the depot not far from our ranch. Do you have one close by?” He asked, looking up from her shirt to see her smiling at him.“YES! We have one not far from our ranch. We had dinner, I made sure to serve Wayne just like a good littlehousewife. Wayne seemed to enjoy the meal I made for him. After all theway to a man's heart is through his stomach.After dinner and dessert, I cleared the table, and Wayne offered to help,but I insisted on doing it myself, just like a good little housewife. Itold Wayne that if wanted to go back to watching the football game, thatI would bring him a cold beer. After getting Wayne his beer I joined himin the living room. I. She just dropped it out of theblue. She walked out on her job and she walked out on Josh and me. Shejust walked out. Apparently they are going to live in London. She'sgoing to manage one of her father's firms." As she finished she brokedown completely bawling and screaming hysterically. "Kelli she justwalked out. She just walked out."I hugged her tighter. "Its OK baby, it's all going to be OK." What am I going to do baby. She just abandoned me."We sat together and I rocked her slowly trying to.