As She had at the dinner table, she moved her eyes from one to the other of us. We wooed The Woman with smiles; contended for Her with light caresses ... but only of Her hands, Her arms. Never more than this. For we knew to go closer to her intimate regions without Her invite, before She deemed the time right, might lessen us in her favour, and perhaps provoke a premature retaliation - a direct challenge - from our Rival. And this we would avoid, drawing it out until the final possible moment.. "Wilson's claims to the media were all exposed as lies within minutes asthe Smith family tree was found online and sure enough- he wasn't adirect claimant. The fact that two generations are ahead of him made himout to be a man stealing a title from little kids as Nigel Jr. and Ethanwere the true heirs. The fact that none of his branch of the family weresupporting him and had pledged their support backing Bradford made hisclaims all the worse.After two days of deliberation, Wilson was found. “I said we could get engaged if he would agree that we have to wait at least a year and sleep together in the meantime,” said Inez. “And, I told him if he was awful in bed, I’d have to give the ring back.”Pilar laughed. “I’m sure that won’t cause performance anxiety.”“It didn’t,” said Inez. “I still have the ring this morning. Don’t I?”Pilar hugged her cousin. “Congratulations.”A third black car pulled up. Nick’s driver apparently lacked the foresight Pilar’s had shown because Nick was sound. “Well, there is something else I wear.” I moved my spare hand under my tie and unbuttoned my shirt. I reached inside and pulled out my dog tags. “I still wear my old dog tags.” I tucked them away, and then reached in my left pants pocket. “And here’s one last piece of jewelry I could wear if I wanted.”This was the reason I wasn’t worried about the lapel pin. Let them all stare at my lapel. It was obvious to me by now that Andy still didn’t really know who the hell I was. He must not have.