I disentangled myself from her and taking her hand placed the ring on her finger. She tentatively smiled back at me, then I lifted her up in my arms a...d carried her to the bedroom. Anna was a Roman Catholic, but we didn’t get married in church, we had a civil ceremony. But before she would marry me, Anna insisted that she had to go to the local Catholic Church and confess. She was nervous about doing it but, as it was something she felt she had to do, I went with her for moral support. . I juststarted seeing this guy earlier this week and we have so much in common."She frowned. "You were the only one in school who..." Her voice trailedoff."Hey," I said. "Keep your chin up. The right girl is out there," I heldher hand and squeezed it."Thanks, I guess," she said."Jess. I know nobody else knows about you. But I do. And if you ever needto talk. I'll be here for you."Thankfully that put a slight smile on her face. We both parted ways andwalked to our next classes.It sucks. Jess. ”“So, what would you have done in my position? What would you do now?”Morgan stepped under the water to rinse. “To the first, if Passion Mill had called Brenhaven and I’d been asked, I would have suggested asking if Oak Leaf or one of the newer houses wanted to help. Seriously, Brenhaven is established; we are conservative in the beholden we accept. If we somehow found ourselves responsible, I probably would have brought in more people at the beginning. Without Dolphin’s knowledge, evacuation. Dressed in department-issued navy blue cargo pants and a heather gray t-shirt with the town crest stamped on the left of his chest, he strolled up to the counter, and leaned on his right arm.“You must be Genevieve.”“Yes, Danny, right?” I turned to retrieve the box behind the counter. “Tripp said everything should be here.” I lifted the box and placed it on the counter in between us. “Fellas not here?”“Nope, early charter today. I’m guessing they’ll be back around two at the latest, but Tripp.