Bertie is the youngest of us, born a year after Jane, in 1874. Anyway, Jane returned from the dreaming spires in her usual high spirits, but there was...more - she was full of chatter about the visiting Professor she had met at a college meal.Her enthusiasm and interest were obvious, but I thought little of it, I mistook her mood for the natural flippancy of the young. Had I but known, I could have protected her; although she was twenty one Jane was not worldly-wise, not in the least. I was. Geesh, it'shard to believe that I'll be a Junior next year and he'll be a Senior!Anyway my darling Ben surprised the crap out of me when he pulled out ajewelry box and gave it to me. Inside was the most beautiful sweetheartdiamond necklace I had ever seen!Oh My Gosh I was so surprised, though I suppose I shouldn't have beenbecause I had hinted about that necklace when we both saw it at the malla few weeks ago. "Thank you so much my Darling Ben, my Big Boy. Now Iknow just how much you care for. I kept going through my mind how he might do it. I jumped when the doorbell rang. I opened the door and smiled. He smiled back and asked if I was ready and I told him yes and pulled the door closed as I left the house. We walked me over and opened the truck door for me to get in before going around and getting in the driver’s seat. We drove to the far side of the town where there were farmers’ fields. He backed the truck into one of the fields with the truck bed facing where the. .. "Busy tonight?" Ed asked. It was almost a code phrase. It was Tuesday, and they both had football on Friday -- and that was Lou's only public outlet. No, Ed wanted either to come over or for him to go over to Ed's and watch some porn. Ed was getting more and more into that stuff lately... They'd been doing it since they were thirteen, but Ed seemed to need it every night!"Nope," Lou muttered, wondering if he was going to be able to get Ed in and out of his house on time. Dad seemed to be off.