“Anything else you’d like to say to Michelle?” Reynolds asked, deliberately prolonging my agony.“I’d like to ask Michelle to marry me right ...ow.” Wade asserted. “I flew up here just to ask her.” “Well folks, you heard it right here on live radio!” Reynolds shouted into his microphone. “All we need now is an answer from our gorgeous Ms. Green!”Of course, I had to say yes. Not because I wanted to avoid embarrassing Wade or myself by saying no but because I really wanted to marry him. Charles. ”“No problem. I’ll talk to you later,” she said, and hung up.I parked the Jeep and found Alan had waited for me. I wasn’t sure how I felt about that. He saw my look and held up his hands.“Don’t get mad. Tami called me and told me you planned to work things out with Pam and all the lawyers yesterday. I’ve been sent to find out if everything went okay.”This was a very different Alan. He seemed much more restrained, and even admitted that he was Tami’s pawn. I tried not to be too hard on him. I want you two to get along really well after we get hitched. And I'm sorry I never really asked, but are you truly comfortable taking my last name?” John asked. “Yes of course. Our baby is gonna have that last name too, so why not me too?” I asked. “What if I offered you to have our baby have your last name and I take yours?” John asked. “Well, I'd tell you not worry about it, and I like the name Taylor,” I replied. Then he kissed me on the forehead. “I love you with all my heart and soul. I think my parents have picked a name, the way they smile about it, but so far they're not saying... Uh, Mayoni, can I ask you something? I thought the Hopewell only ran the marriage ceremony once a year." Well," said Mayoni. "That's the modern custom. We haven't had a marriage ceremony at the end of spring for over 800 years. But before that, during the early exploration times, wedding ceremonies at the beginning and end of spring were common. So many people were away on expeditions, the tribe.