It most certain is.", Dan concurred. Without mincing words, the elderly South American woman got right to the point. Choosing her words with great ca...e, Granny proceeded on to ask the all important and, to her mind, obligatory question, "So Sam, am I correct in assuming that my Gracy has brought you here so that you too can become one of my girls?" "Yes.", Dan, though he did so reluctantly, replied. "You do realize that once done, the change you seek cannot be undone?" "Yes. Grace has implied. He caught a fleeting glimpse of an azure sky and melted away to darkness.---Some intermittent period of time passed and he was woken by the warmth of a burning noonday sun. The heat blistered his burning skin. He blinked salt-crusted, stinging eyes and rolled onto his battered back. The sky was a stunning cobalt, nearly matched by the water that licked at his heels. His clothes, leather breeks and a cotton shirt, were torn and his boots gone.Each and every part of his body ached, but his head. ”“That was what I understood, too. Are you all right with that, John?”“I am. I want to start our marriage with your parents approving of me, instead of disapproving if we anticipate the wedding.”“You are such a nice man, John darling. You are okay with me calling you darling now?”“You are my fiancée, Kathleen, so it is your right.”She gave him an enthusiastic kiss, to show her thanks.Catherine Freeman was finding the star images fascinating, because practically all the images were of new stars,. I asked him if anything was up a couple of times, but he always said no.I got up and went outside to join my family and they all stopped talking. Mom asked if I was finished with my homework and I shook my head no."Your father and I were just asking Eddie if he wanted to go for a swim, would you like to, Jen?" Mom said."Maybe later, I want to finish my homework first," I replied and went back into the house.Once my work was finished, I went back to the patio and saw that my parents and brother.