" We is early," said Speed, "we can help you get ready for the others." We want to," said Crusher, "for sure we want to." Well, if you want to, I gues...s that would be ok."Big Dick still had his arm around Lisa's waist, so she unwound from his grip and started into the kitchen with all four of them trailing behind her.It was about 3:30 when I finished setting up the tables and chairs then went over by the kitchen door and got a pop out of the cooler. I glanced through the door and saw the four of. " You'll be my Ronni forever?"Giggle. "Baby, I'm THAT now. Have been for years."She walked with me as I clumped my way into the jewelers. "Just a wedding band, Dave. One for me. One for you." The salesman was a little taken aback by the almost forty year old guy with the seventeen year old tied to his arm, buying wedding bands. He tried to hide it. Didn't do very well. We selected two simple bands and got our sizes checked and were told to return in a couple of days to pick them up.We were well. Upon seeing Edi, Kei started, then stared for a moment before she and the Matthews sat without comment, but her mind was toiling over Edi’s appearance. A quick glance again confirmed that there were a very large number of small scabs about his face, nose, cheeks, lips and even some on his eyelids.Kei was far from stupid. Edi’s sudden signing of the paperwork was an abrupt about-face that she never expected. Accompanied by his sudden willingness to sign despite all his previous threats, this. The rain soaked man put his hands up to his rain soaked face and rubbed his eyes to see better. The day outside the doorway he was standing in was very gray and bleak as rain was still bucketing down from the heavens.“What the f...” the man started to say but never got to finish.“You heard me fella! Git your sorry ass outa here or I’ll blow yuh head off!”Those very demanding words were coming from a little mound of oilskin that resembled a raincoat standing only ten feet away in the pouring.