”I glared at him. “If that were true, we wouldn’t have had to change our name.”I looked at Dad, then at Mum, then back at Dad. They both kept ...ooking at me. They were sort of leaning towards each other a little bit – not a lot, it was tiny bit of a lean. It was as if they were supporting each other – or maybe they were each waiting for the other one to say something.“So what’s the real reason?”Dad shook his head. “Why are you suddenly asking about this now?”“I’m asking because about two weeks. She just simply gave up and and allowed the waters to take her. When shown a picture of Helen Martin, she quickly identified her as the woman who fell overboard and drowned.Following the results of the inquiry which finally ruled Helen Martin’s death and accidental drowning. Her husband John was able to collect on her hefty insurance policy. He was also able to inherit his poor, departed wife’s estate and so now was a very rich man.About a year after Helen Martin was declared dead, a flotilla. After almost seventy years together now, we are forever attached.”Bert looked at Sandy and said, “You are just getting close. I could help you break the habit.” He did put some question in his voice.Sandy said, “Jack and I are new but we are so sure of our relationship and love that I would be lost without his arm around me or his hand to hold. He is an altogether wonderful man. I am honored by his love. I don’t need a ring or a service to know that I am his forever.“Sorry, Bert. I think you’ve. Der Gedanke, einfach Nein zu sagen, erschien mirv?llig fremd. Zitternd stand ich einfach da und sah, wie die Kamera aufmich gerichtet wurde. Er hielt sie vor seinem Gesicht und lie? dasObjektiv langsam ?ber meinen K?rper wandern. Unverkennbar hatte er diessch?n ?fter gemacht, denn er f?hrte die Kamera mit ruhiger und ge?bterHand. Eigentlich k?nnte man an dieser Stelle irgendwelche Kommandoserwarten, aber nichts dergleichen geschah. Regungslos stand ich imScheinwerferlicht und lie? geschehen,.