Pete Senior walked with Christina but it might as well have been astand-in actor, all eyes were on Christina...her dress was covered ingold leaf lace ...ut her light brown shoulders were bare, as she reachedthe altar and her father removed the veil. Her eyes lit up as she lookedin Toris direction. Then she turned to the priest who began to speak,the service itself was a blur all she could do was look at Christina,Tori did her best to not show emotion. Her face was her veil....The Priest then. For the first time I detected resistance from her. Themeeting with Mr. Mills had been so business-like andwithout passion she’d begun to have doubts. I, thoughhad the bit between my teeth and was able to persuadeher we should at least try it out.I explained to her some of Mr. Mills’ instructions.We were to go to an address, a house he called “Heaven”this coming Friday evening and be prepared to spend theweekend. Payment was to be in cash on arrival. We werenot to take. .." You DID give it to me last night," My wife said.Robert blushed redder, cleared his throat, "I wanted to give it to you last night, but..." You got distracted," My wife said, "I understand." Would ... uh ... would you like it ... now?" Robert asked."Sure ... thank you."Robert stood-up and trotted into the house.My wife looked at me and smirked. She took a sip of her coffee."Happy birthday," I said."Thank you," She said."You sleep?" I asked."Some. Not enough," She said, "Smushed between you. He had one last class with Callia today, and he knew Laura and Keely weren’t in this class, they were across campus. This was his last chance for two weeks to fulfill his promise to his older brother. ‘What do you want Greg?’ Callia asked, her heart pounding as he lifted her bag up off of the floor. ‘I wanted to apologize for the other day. I was out of line and more than a little creepy,’ Greg told her. ‘You could say that again,’ Callia grumbled, taking her bag from him and slinging it over.