I am just grateful that the veil also covered my face and my blushing cheeks. I just hope it didn't ruin my makeup; I remember my dad grooming my must...che and beard and applying light lipstick and powder over my face. I gulped nervously once more.A man deals with his tension and problem stoically and only shows weakness to his wife, my dad used to say to me. One of his many practical advice to us men in the world ruled by women.I continued to walk slowly, tall and straight, ignoring the. She bought everything I had.’ ‘Are you talking about clothes or otherwise.?’ She asked but then she thought about the implications of her question. ‘I’m sorry, Sandi. That was insensitive. It’s just my shoot-from-the-hip way.’ ‘I’m a big girl,’ I said. ‘I could have left.’ ‘Is that what’s really eating at you?’ she asked, ‘or the fact that you learned something about your sexuality that goes against everything you know?’ I wasn’t sure how to answer her for a few seconds. ‘A little bit of both,. ”“Is it that simple?”“Do you think I’d put up with your bullshit if I didn’t?”“No, of course not. I have a question for you now.”“Go ahead and ask me why it was OK for me to not talk to you for a couple of months, but not OK for you to not talk to me for a week,” she said with a knowing grin.“God damn it, Jennifer!”“The connection is back. It’s stronger, too. You’ll see if I decide to let you kiss me.”“If?”She giggled, “If. Anyway, when I wasn’t talking to you, it was after I told you that we. ”Shawna snickered. “Snogged yer cousin last night, didn’t ya?”“Our room has two beds and four of us. Shelly drew the short straw last night and had to sleep with me. It just kinda happened.”She looked around until she spotted Shelly having an intense conversation with Amy. “Cheeky girl,” she groused with an amused shake of her head. “Can I assume she’s even more besotted this morning?”“Probably,” Jeff admitted with an embarrassed grin.“Gah,” Shawna laughed. “And I suppose you enjoyed playing.