He said to give him time for a shower and breakfastbefore he called Tom. I hid in my room, pretending to do homework till Momleft for her job at the m...all. Mom took the girls to my Aunt's house tomake cookies, which left me alone till dinner time.Late Saturday morning John called to say he and Tom had a plan. He said Imight not like their idea but it would get me the money. I told John Iwould do anything to have the money by dinner. John said Tom and him wouldbe over right after lunch.Around. ” There were a few quiet laughs but I ignored them.No one at work said anything about what had happened and I sure as hell wasn’t going to; Ryan still believes that he’d successfully hypnotised me, twice. The only semi reference to it during the rest of the party was me saying,“Blimey, is that the time, where’s it all gone?”That got a couple of little sniggers but no one said anything.I was quite quiet for the rest of the evening; that was because I was thinking about the consequences of what. Kissing softly, lips entwined, the soft feel of your lips on mine, wet, warm, welcoming. It was still dream like to me. I had dreamed of your lips for so long, dreamed of being able to feel them on mine everyday for so long, to now feel them everyday. Truly, a dream come true.Kissing you again, then holding your hand and moving back inside to finish dinner preparations. Which took longer than they should because we spent most of the time talking, with frequent stops to kiss and hug. Every time. " the Judge said misleadingly, "May I see?"She pulled it from her finger, "It may have been but Mr Fowler gave it to me." she insisted."And your dowry Miss Fellowes the Judge enquired."A thousand pounds or in that region," the Mother explained.They handed the ring to Mr Spey, Mr Ratner's man and by turns they examined it minutely, "It may well be the one." Mr Ratner agreed, the hallmark, do you see, oh four, we had better see where Mr Fowler obtained it." "May I see?" I asked, ordinarily all.