After some searching, I decided that I didn't really have it in me to slap or demean my wife like that. I just didn't know where things were going. Wh...t would happen when John called?I was pretty much worthless at work on the last Friday in June. Suzanne had said nothing about plans that morning before we left for work. I spent a lot of time mulling over the situation.After a lot of soul searching, I had come to some decisions. First, the driving force in the negative feelings I had about what. In this instance you would be painting me into a corner, and catching me in a lie, which I would never do to you.’ ‘You are a smart one, aren’t you? Maybe you should think about law school instead of those goofy computers. Ok, in that case, I will amend that. If you win, I will be much more open to what you would like to do the night of homecoming. Does that sound ok?’ ‘Yes. That way, you would be caught in the lie, not me.’ ‘That’s the thing, I am not going to lie because I am not going to. ‘You wait.’ He answered her. ‘I see.’ ‘Belle Blossom, you’re 17. Five years isn’t the end of the world. You’ll wait for me, and when I come back we’ll get married and have all the babies we always talked about.’ Belle stood looking at him and then turned away. ‘I’m tired. I’m going back.’ ‘Belle, no. Please.’ He caught up with her and grabbed her arm. ‘Stop.’ She said trying to shake his grip. He turned her to face him. ‘Belle, I love you. I always have since grade school and I always will. You. ’ he said as he rubbed his forehead. When I left the table I suddenly felt very warm and needed cold air, I stood watching the reindeer running through the place when suddenly I broke down into tears, I hadn’t any reason to really be crying, after all I was living in the North Pole as Santa Claus, Wrong thoughts… I began hysterically crying and there stood Dave in front of me, he took me into his arms and he felt as good as my head lay on his shoulder. I raised my head slowly looking into his.