She looked gorgeous with both pieces of jewelry on her."One more to open," I said as I hand her the next gift.She opened up the box with the ring in i.... She looked at the ring, and then at me and then back at the ring, with tears starting to leak out of her eyes. Her hands started to shake. I grabbed the box from her and took the ring out of the box.I looked her right into those beautiful blue eyes, "Shannon you are the most important person in my life, and I love with all my heart. Will you. They observe Caroline as she leafs through the magazine. She can feel their eyes on her as she turns the pages."Easy there, girl. We don't want you getting overexcited," Mike calls across to her. His tone implies the opposite.Within the glossy covers, she finds a world she could never have previously imagined. She turns page after page, hardly believing what she reads: the propositions, the catalogued kinks, the requests for like-minded others, words and letters potted economically in. Suddenly squeaking in surprise, I see that Bobby has grabbed her wagging tail and started scrubbing it while Dawnslight has moved her hands down her tummy. With six hands it doesn't take long to get the first wash out of the way and as she rinses, both Dawnslight and I watch the dirt and crud flow down her legs, turning the suds a muddy brown. As I sit down I say 'We'll use the combs and shampoo to get you squeaky clean' while asking Dawnslight to scrub the other one.Washing Bobby is always. Not bad for an afternoon and evening’s work. Aloud, she said, “That would be fine.” …………………………………….. The tiramisu was wonderful as always, and as he poured their second glass of the Cliquot, Gerald said, ”Since we’re paying cash, and don’t have to wait for finance approval, I think we should offer two hundred fifty thousand. After ten grand for moving expenses, that will leave us three hundred forty to put in a wine cellar, and any other renovations we want to do. Oh, wait, make that two sixty..