Connie loved sleeping next to him. He made her feel safe, just as she had imagined. She had decided the next day that she would tell him how she felt,...but the time had never seemed right. As more time passed, she became less certain about it. She’d been in his bed, letting him hold her. They had been stressed, both of them, and it was only natural—wasn’t it?—that in those circumstances, they would turn to each other for physical comfort. Comfort, she decided, was probably exactly what Simon had. Still I pushed on.I struggled against the brush for what seemed like hours and as I was about to give in I saw past the leaves a wondrous sight.One more push and my head broke through in to a very small, secluded patch of heaven on earth.It appeared the trees and shrubs had formed a little bowl around a perfect pool of water.The sun shined down from the sky and lit the water where a small waterfall came out of the mountain. There was a soft moss that lay before the water and trees and bushes. But one day we wuz camped an' settlin' in fer the night when a strange sight did appear runnin' inta our camp. It wuz a naked Muscogee girl what wuz exhausted an' cryin'. She begged us ta protect her from some Muscogee warriors what wuz chasin' her. Sarah threw a spare blanket over the poor girl, an' we said that we would do our damnedest ta protect her from whatever tried ta hurt her.Wildflower (that's what her Muscogee name translated ta in English) wuz bein' chased by some Muscogee men what. "What a silly thing for John to say. Of course my nameis Robyn. That's what it says on my driver's license."We are in love with each other," he said as helooked at me and gave me that loving smile.Of course I love John, my John. And I feel that hegives me so much love back."In fact," John told me. "We are getting married nextweekend."I looked at my engagement ring and thought about whenhe gave it to me. It was such a nice birthday presentlast year and showed his love for me. I accepted assoon.