I tried a little bit of a smile, an earnest but still manly effort, I hoped, that projected reassurance, no threat to his daughter's welfare."How are ...ou, sir?"No answer, but he nodded and gestured to the table. Seated, he remained silent, and I wondered how long he was going to prolong this silliness. He leaned forward. The guy was impressive, I admit that. He wasn't scowling but he wasn't smiling either. The large person who'd appeared seemingly out of nowhere to sit at the adjacent table. "Jacque, you are too, too cute in those rollers. It takes my breath awayto even think what you will look like when we let you out of the rollersand style your new curly locks."Jacque had a tear in his eye. He looked up at me when I released hishead and sighed: "What is happening to me? This seems so wrong and yet Iam almost hypnotized by what you girls are doing to me. Should I run outthose doors? Am I not a man? What is happening to me?" Jacque, nothing is wrong. What is happening to you is. She knew that she only had one chance to convince Chuck that he was exactly what Betsy needed.She said, “My late husband was a Marine. He was the strongest man I’ve ever known. He was a man’s man, if you know what I mean.”Chuck nodded his head to indicate that he understood what she meant.Alice said, “There were times when he’d come back from war a nearly beaten man. It wasn’t a weakness in his character. War is inhumane. No one is really strong enough to fight in a war and come back unchanged.. My vanilla side was talking. The trouble was, my limits weren't being pushed. You know?" He wasn't tough enough on you?" Yeah. Something like that. It was only as the wedding got closer and closer that I started freaking out about it. I should have called it off weeks earlier." Elaine heard Leah sigh before continuing. "But, as fate would have it, the Master who let me go years earlier wanted me back. He was the one I dreamed about. He was the one I needed. So when he called on the day of the.