The Georgian part of the Manor had taken precedence over the other styles as being the entrance and it was by a short flight of steps of a pillared po...tico that the driver pulled up, giving a toot on his horn as he did so. Young Hawkins himself came bounding down the steps first followed by Fontaine and two liveried servants. ‘Bang on time,’ Thomas said as we emerged from the taxi. ‘You lost Edward and have to pay the forfeit,’ he cried as he half turned to Fontaine who looked crestfallen at. “The newspaper said we are engaged. The fact is, we are not engaged. Jessie is not my fiancée, and I am not her fiancé. Yet! I want to take care of that right now.”I dropped to my knees beside Jessie.“Jessie, yesterday when I saw your demolished house and knew you were inside I went berserk. I didn’t know if you were injured ... or worse ... but I knew right then just how much I love you and that I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Jessica, my love, will you marry me?”“Yes, Yes, Oh. Go and talk to her. For me.”“Can I take my bear with me?”I began to wonder if even Doctor Mercer was going to be enough. There was something fundamentally broken about Kara and I didn’t know who would best be able to help mend that break. I hoped that Doctor Mercer would know, if she couldn’t do it herself.“Yes, Kara. I’m sure that you can take Steve Bear with you,” I said.“OK,” she said.Her mom took her hand and helped her back to her room, then came back to sit with me.“She’s in worse shape. She pushed her way through the people and ran into his arms. He let his bag drop to the ground as he wrapped his arms around her. He looked down into her eyes and smiled. ‘Hi,’ he murmured and kissed her forehead. ‘Welcome to Boston.’ She stood on her tip toes and kissed him on the cheek. ‘Let’s get your bags and check into the hotel.’ An hour later, the couple walked through the doors at the nicest hotel in Boston. Zach looked down at Jessi and said, ‘What are we doing here?’ ‘Well, I told you.