There's never going to be anyone else for me. But I don't want to rush you. You've had a lot of change and adjustment in the past month. Don't stand t...ere and think for one minute I don't want you. The minute you think you're ready, I'll have you standing under the moon so fast it will make your head spin. I was going to wait until Christmas day to do this, but I can't wait anymore."Evan pulled a small velvet box out of his pocket and handed it to me. My heart stopped dead and then started. If only to look back on when and ifthe time comes that I can return to the body of my birth. Who know, I may notwant to, but I doubt it. The passage of a couple of additional weeks flies byquickly and I'm about to begin my new job in the Pentagon tomorrow morning,Monday. Of course, my security clearance was carried over albeit to cover mynew identity and I've spent the past couple of weeks practicing my typinguntil these longer fingernails seem almost natural and typing with them hasbecome. I waited the month they said it would take to arrive and yet nothing. I contacted them and they said it was sent, so I knew it was lost in the mail. The search began on both ends.My wife had informed me we were going to her friends for dinner. She had been best friends with Soni for years and I did not really know her husband. She thought it was time the four of us got together as our interests were the same. News to me. We went and I must say that I liked Paul. I liked him better than I should. "Jane, do you still think you'd like to have a big dining hall to feed everybody?" I asked, after we'd mostly finished our meal."Yes, but it would take a lot more people to do the work now. No matter how much equipment we can get it still requires people to use it, and to feed this many it will take a lot of people," she said."Do you think you can gather up and organize enough cooks if we get a proper building, equipment, and supplies?" I asked."Sooner or later, but I'm sure it will be one hell.