If it hadn’t been for the older man next to her who managed to catch all but two pages, she’d have been an ex- secretary. As it was, she had half...glanced behind her to see him observing the spectacle she was thoughtlessly offering him in her bent- over position. Though she had immediately straightened and turned to glare at him, despite his life-saving catch, his elderly, lecherous smirk as she walked on past her only seemed to add unneeded fuel to the already glowing bed of coals. ‘I meanespecially the way your wife is dressed.’I assured him that it was exactly where we wanted to goas it was where we had our first date.‘Dunno when that was mate but it’s now under newmanagement. I wouldn’t advise going there.’I must have had more wine than I realised as thesignificance of his warning was lost on me and Iassured him that was our destination.We arrived and I helped Beth from the taxi. It was onlyas the taxi pulled away that I realised the. Margo went off and I saw her talking to Blake and Doug. Soon thereafter, the two of them dissembled part of the arbor beneath which Mindy and I had stood to be married. The unit was moved closer to the house and reassembled. Suddenly, a large mattress appeared from inside the house and was laid on the patio beneath the arbor and made up with linens.Margo stood and announced with Blake standing beside her, “A marriage should be consummated on the eve after the event. As your friends and lovers. She takes a sip of coffee and says, “I wonder why we haven’t heard from Chuck.”“I’m not surprised. He’s not the type to send thank you notes.”She chuckles, “Just imagine receiving an embossed thank you card with elegant calligraphy. I only imagine what it would say.”‘Dear Lynn and Mike,I would like to thank you for your hospitality during my recent visit.It was very gracious of you to invite me to stay with you. It was much better than a hotel.I enjoyed catching up with Mike and getting to know.