Vouchers, and good wishes, all the usual stuff really I had my holiday to look forward to as I had worked real hard at my exams and now needed a good ...low out with my mates, Kelly walked into the living room and sat next to me given me a hug “happy birthday squirt here’s your card and a little something for whenever you want to cash it in” as I opened the card the envelope said DO NOT OPEN UNTIL LATER, I said thanks and looked confused, “oh I think you will like it” Kelly said and giggled. They were headed for a tour of the nesting area of the endangered Mississippi Sandhill Crane that morning. He and the professor drove two cars to the first site. There were only two known nesting sites in the whole state so the tour was expected to be over quickly.Gerome was tasked with two different jobs that morning. He had been told by Lucinda to record the images of the land with no cranes visible. He was also charged with recording the GPS coordinates. We were going to need those if we. "Let me go!" I released her. She started to dress. I went to her, but she didn't look at me. I knew she was ready to break into tears, but she would wait until I was far away. I held her again, forcing her to look at me."What? Are you going to rape me now?"I did something else. I caressed her face lightly and hugged her, my arms protecting her from the world. It was all it took. I heard her cry, loudly, feeling the hot tears on my chest, her sobs against me. She hugged me with all her strength,. She wouldn’t be married by anyone else. Helen’s father sprang for an after-wedding dinner at the Davenport Hotel. George’s father loaned him his car for their honeymoon trip to Chicago. George and Helen were bursting to talk about their plans and their trip to Chicago. The fathers talked shop across the table, about farm implements, price supports and Truman. It was aggravating, but they were the patriarchs. They stayed in the Hotel that night and started out on the road the morning after their.