. I was just sounding your name. I have a thing about names ... yours is different. I like it. I don't think I've meet anyone named Reid before. Your ...ast name is Christopher, right?" That's right." Reid Christopher ... You have a last name for a first name and a first name for a last name. I'll bet a lot of people get them mixed up. I'll bet you get called Chris a lot." It happens," he replied."How did you get named Reid? Is it a family name?" We have a tradition in my family of naming boys. .. you're going to hate the next twenty minutes!"The couple found a house they liked the next day, and Tara spent the afternoon shopping for furniture while Preston met with a landscaping contractor.There were other stores in Titshurt than the ones on main street, and Tara shopped for furniture, lighting, rugs and decorations. (The town's valley was limited to commerce and government, and all the residents lived in private homes in the hills surrounding the town.)Everywhere Tara went she saw. " We're always looking out for you." Roland said with a brotherly smile.They were Helen's two favorite members of the building's security detail. Roland was huge, built like the entire center line of the Minnesota Vikings. Pratt looked like a male model. Helen had hopes of getting them in bed as a set but Roland was a hopeless gentleman."Going home together for the night?" Pratt asked. His tone was conversational but Helen knew what visions lay behind those smoldering eyes."Not yet." She teased. Then, in the summer after their senior year of high school, Pamela and Bill got engaged and their wedding date was set for one Saturday in August. They quickly got all the preparations completed for their wedding and sent out the invitations to all the people they wanted to have in attendance. Pamela made sure all her best girlfriends from school were bridesmaids and Bill had an equal number of guys in his wedding party. For their own reasons, both Bill and Pamela agreed not to invite Larry to.