”he realized, now, that his lie would have to be muchless titillating. They left the bar, had a few drinkssomewhere else, he popped the question...and She got coldfeet.“So i came back,” charlie whispered again, just to hearhow it sounded.It didn’t sound like him. The guys would wonder why hedidn’t just come back to ‘Peabody’s.” And because theywouldn’t believe him, they’d keep bringing it up, overand over, knowing there was something he. Emilia zumindest war nicht überzeugt. "Wie oft willst du noch fragen? Jetzt mach einfach die scheiß Tür auf du Idiot.", sagte ein anderer. Emmi's Augen weiteten sich und sie lief schnell zu der versteckten Falltür im Wohnzimmer, die unter den Boden der Hütte führte. Gerade noch rechtzeitig, denn Sekunden später hörte sie einen der Männer sagen: "Okay, Rattikarl. Bodycheck!"Ein lauter Knall und etwas, dass sich anhörte wie zu Boden fallende Holzsplitter. Emilia hielt sich den Mund zu, doch sogar. Oh, I'll probably have to go in to meet with John tomorrow evening to sort out a few things, so I'll grab a bite to eat while I'm out." "No problem," she responded, fluffing her pillow before reaching out to turn off the bedside lamp. Well, that's that sorted, I thought. My mind returned to the demanding text message, still unsure of whether I should be worried or delighted by the invitation. Perhaps she was cooking dinner and didn't want it to be ruined? Yes, that must be it. There was no way. “Okay then, that’s the plan. And no one else ever needs to know.”“For sure that,” he said.It was May 6th. ASU put on one heck of a graduation show. And this go around, I was part of it, and so was Lance.I did get to make a short speech, having finished first in my major, Math, for the Ph.D. program. I was on the cusp of maybe having me a serious career in Computer Science, CS, that was the rising star of college majors. I didn’t have a job yet, but I would be looking soon enough for something.