Her long-eyelashes fluttered open. She moved hesitantly, like she didn’t know where she was. She turned over towards me suddenly, surprise showing o... her face as she noticed my body next to hers. Then her eyes met mine and her increasing panic stopped with recognition of me. Her expression softened and her now beautiful face blossomed into a wide smile. ‘Oh, thank you.’ She wrapped her arms around me and pulled herself to me, snuggling against my chest. She giggled, ‘I think I might have. " Dr. Richards solemnly replied. "I'll have my nurse give you the phone numbers for Hospice and the clinic. I still want to get a biopsy just to be sure, but the chances of it not being cancer are remote."The next morning John called to make an appointment. "I'm a little nervous" he told the receptionist, "I've never done this kind of thing before." She told him "It'll be fine hun, just think about whatever makes you happy and we'll get all we need." He decided to think about Lita, it was for. ? As Mary went into thekitchen she wondered about how she was feeling. Having Tom at her feet hadbeen, well, good. Maybe it was the wine, maybe it was the clothes, maybe it wasthe remnants of her anger, but she was feeling stronger. Where she had oncebeen horrified she was now intrigued. She?d still let Pauline take the lead,she wasn?t that confident yet, but more and more she wanted to see where thiswas heading. Hung up on a hook in the broom cupboard was an apron hermother-in-law had given. "Love and obey?" Heather asked."Yes, put it in his oath. I want him to love and obey." Uh ... okay." Heather turned to me. "Do you, John Michaels, take this woman, Janice Jameson, to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, and to love and obey, until death do you part?"Love and obey??"I ... uh ... Okay, what the hell. I do." Sweet," said Janice, grinning. "I'm going to hold you to that," she said, kissing my ear, as she repeated her.