It is a thing we should do." Okay," I said. I looked at those brown eyes, the softly rounded, softly smiling face across the table from me."This is wh...t I shall do today," she said, and she laid out her plans."You're not my slave, Lita. Do not work so hard." I am your partner, and I will work as I see fit." She gave me a determined look, and my mind is doing backflips over the 'I am your partner' comment.Carlita's turn:I am in a place I never knew I would be. I once knew I would be in America.. I became over confident as the years went by, “I can do it”, then one day I found ‘I can do it’ did me. My wife has a small electric mobility scooter, she was down the town shopping when I got a call “The darn battery is flat.” So off I went, sure enough it had run out of charge. The scooter breaks down into several easy to handle pieces. I separated the battery and hauled it down a flight of steps to the car, then a repeat with the seat, SOMS kicked in and I picked up the main body with the. There were no problems so I set off to my convention. The conference was on surveillance and monitoring. I part owned a small to medium security firm, and attending these conferences was important in order to keep up with any advances, and usually to meet with suppliers to arrange orders. This was a smaller conference and contrary to what I'd told Kaitlin, there were no meetings scheduled for the next day. I must say that it was a waste of time attending as I was completely distracted by. ”I smiled at her naivety. Then looking at her, I said, “How about… I make you my wife.”She looked at me with her eyes wide open. She didn’t say ‘yes,’ but she didn’t say ‘no’ either. She simply blushed. I know it was an impulsive decision, but I wanted to do it. Seeing her approval, I took out a red powder I had in my backpack and pressed it against her forehead like sindoor.She blushed yet again, looking away.“See. Now we are married,” I said.I went for a kiss, but still, she didn’t let me..