“I’m with both Sam and Angus. As equal partners.”“So Sam knows?” Yeong ventured. Tegan nodded. “And Brandon?”“I knew as well. I didn�...t really want you to find out like this.” Brandon glared at Angus.“Are you and her…” Yeong looked up at Brandon pleadingly.“No.” Tegan answered, not technically lying but not strictly truthfully either.“No…” Brandon sighed and turned to Yeong, giving her his full attention, taking her gently by the shoulders. “Yeong I promise you I am not with Tegan, and have not. ..I never did find it either, nor why the 2 ladies in the firm's restauranthad said the shop had opened just recently.Then only last night when Siobhan had gone to bed early there was asudden and even stranger twist to it all...Trying to unwind and take my mind of all these many difficult things yetagain with a large glass of whisky, I suddenly felt an increasing urge totake out the small velvet box again now minus the strange powerful ring,and re-read and reflect on that old Christmas card and. He wanted to cut the grass. The first day he was gone I went to cut the grass. The house looked empty. I thought maybe Mary had gone with him. Then as I finished she appeared. Acting like nothing had happened, she invited me over to have a glass of wine, she always had the best wine. I tried to act normal but I was unsure of what our relationship was now. Then Mary finally said that she had been thinking about things, about what I said. Then she told me that she would like that, she would. ”She pulled up in front a nice, two story, older brick house and stopped. She turned off the engine and turned sideways in her seat to face me.“Do you want to come in?” she asked.It took me a few seconds to process what she had just asked.“I’ll be nice,” she softly added, “and I'd be honored, but if you don’t want to . . .”Her voice trailed off.“Oh, I want to,” I replied. “I’m just having a hard time processing this. I mean, you’re really pretty; really, really pretty.”She reached across the.