Once I made my pick she went back upstairs to change and she came back wearing the winning dress again and I knew I’d made the right choice. She ran...over to me and jumped in my lap and she hugged me and I got two quick kisses on my face.She told me, "Thank you."My dad praised me, "You’ve got great taste son."Natalia agreed, "Ben made the right choice."Kate stated categorically, "First, Ben has to like my dress! Everybody else is second!" Natalia and my dad laughed a little.Natalia told Kate,. It was great. The k** was in school on my day off and that left us time to accomplish things around the house or to just play all day. On one particular day around 11, I was in the garage putting together my new mancave. I had the doors open and I could see the small-town postman walking down the street. I opened the door and called to Lu to tell her he was coming. She looked around the corner and smiled at me that smile she gives when she has mischief on the mind… I chuckled lightly and asked. Well, Tom, you can talk a good line. This is your chance to do what you've asked others to do. Don't run away.Officer Moss was back. "He's going to come. I told him that it's going to be the Fire Department's call if he can talk to you or not."My mind had settled, my ability to connect dots was returning. "I'm going to be here for a while," I said, trying to keep my voice steady."Tom, your car is a mangled piece of junk. I saw it and wrote you off. Every fireman and cop here looks at it, and. Something was obviously bothering her. ‘Well, ok then, I’m here, you’re here. What’s with the hesitation, princess?’ ‘Do you remember the other part of our pact?’ She asked, stepping away from me. ‘Yes…of course. We’d be together.’ I nodded. I had tried to date other girls…but most of them didn’t understand why I was still writing to a Rachael. They would get pissy and jealous and always break up with me. I’d never been able to love anyone the way I loved Rachael, so I never minded much. .