" You're not suggesting that we ... I couldn't, not with my dad in the same house."I smiled at her, "We'll see."We stopped for flowers, and I let Phyl...is convince me to get a potted plant in place of cut flowers.Kitty was uncharacteristically subdued. She greeted me, and looked quizzically at Phyllis."Kitty, this is Phyllis. You won't believe what just happened. Phyllis' dad is the football coach."Kitty's mouth flew open, and for a brief second, I saw that old spark I'd first seen when she was. ’ But she realized that Iggy was not with her, so she looked for me and she told me: ‘Let’s gather the others.’ I found the other couple again, slowly dancing a romantic ballad, and Emily and I asked them: ‘Have you seen Iggy?’ At first, they said no, but the girlfriend became more impatient that I, so Peter admitted: ‘Perhaps, he went to the VIP lounge.’ We went up together, and we found the same ‘bouncer,’ who due to a shift rotation, now guards this area of the club. He demanded us: ‘What. ”She nodded. “Indeed. Look, Joe. Love comes from God. It may be that He put the two of you together. But I can’t speak for Rebecca, of course. Can you love her, continue to love her, if she doesn’t want to be close to you? And if she does, will what happened to her affect the way you see her?” She sighed. “And, of course, what happened will have had an effect. It may be that she cannot form a meaningful relationship with a man at all.”I suppose my shoulders slumped.“Oh, Joe! Don’t get. She had a way of doing that which was quite worrying as I knew she was about to say something monumental..“Do you like me?” she asked directly. I hesitated. I didn’t know if she was also about to utter the dreaded ‘L’ word. “Well? DO YOU like me...??” she asked again, forcefully.“Yes. Of course I do” I said all sheepishly“There’s no ‘of course’ about it, babe. Do you or don’t you?”“Yes. I do” I replied.“Okay, well if this is going any further there is something I want you to watch....” she said.