I didn't stop in the cafe again that morning. It was time to give some though to breakfast again. I had already started to lose the weight I wanted to...lose. There was no sense over doing it. It was all about planning what to eat and eating only the things that were in the plan, Hey it beat MRE's even with Texas Pete they were bland.After a quick shower I was off for my last day shift. It was to be my last day of fasting as well. I had alway planned to modify the fasting at the end of my shifts.. To myamazement, one of my old classmates, Mark Carpenter was there, and before Iknew it, I was crying on his shoulder, and telling him what had happened.He helped me reach a peace with my former boyfriend who started living as awoman full time, and thanks to Mark we actually parted friends.A few months later I moved in with Mark, married him, and things started togo our way right away. He had been a bit of a tech nerd in high school, butnow an idea he had made was now an application in most. I liked the look of our intertwined polishedfingers. Just as Dame Oblea said, mama and the Baroness signed a writtencontract. The Baroness, with mama's approval, asked me to extend my lefthand. Taking my hand lovingly in her own, she slipped a glitteringengagement ring, just like the Dame's, on my ring finger, saying, "Onbehalf of my daughter, Captain Nanette Penthesilea, and with the consentof your mama, My Lady Hermia Antonischard, I place this family ring onyour finger, Rylann. “Now I can answer your question from earlier. What do I think of Hanna? The answer is tied to you, Julie. I know we’ve been together for about eight months and well, I’ve been thinking for about a month but I really do love both of you. If I could, no, if we could, I d ask you both to marry me. I can’t so I can’t ask just one of you.”They were both stunned and seeing that look on Hanna’s face was remarkable. She whispered to Julie. Then they both grabbed my hands.“Jerry, we’ve known you loved.