"Just that he was a lying, cheating bastard and I never wanted to hear from him again ... Why?" she asked nervously."Oh God, Meg..." he groaned. "We w...re wrong ... I know that photo looked bad but we should've asked them to explain it instead of just automatically assuming they lied to us!" Brad continued to explain the whole story to her and how Barbie had forgiven him.He couldn't see how Megan's face had paled and that she was leaning weakly against the side of the bank of pay phones. "Oh,. Strangely it seemed some sort of plan might be coming together. I wanted to suspect nymph influence but I couldn’t believe they were having any affect, now gone. I didn’t even know if they’d survived in some fashion but they must have because we were all okay.I signaled the daughters and Mabel to come with me and I sneaked them over to the left side of the pond in a place where Lilly and I most enjoyed our love. “This is the place”, and I took Margie’s hand to have her follow me as I sank in.. I wouldn't know what to do with it on my own. But I want it to be born. I want to be part of his or her life."Lesa wrapped her arms around Jake and hid her face in his shoulder. "Thank you, Jake. Yours is the only vote that counts."Neither of them felt like coffee anymore and just remained sitting on the bench. Jake blew off his afternoon classes and rode home with Lesa looking for a quiet evening. He really needed to think things through.Janet was sitting on her bed in the dark when Misty. It was getting late and Mom suggested a meal and resting overnight before going. Aunt Sylvia agreed and the two went into the kitchen. I retrieved the teacups and the rest of the service, and brought it to the kitchen. Mom told me to leave it and suggested I start loading the REO while she fixed dinner. I reminded her we'd need to get the boxes first. She'd forgotten that tidbit of information, so I was dismissed for the time being. I returned to my room and checked everything. My stuff was all.