I admired you for taking care of her, but cried many nights for being so stupid that I lost you. Then I married Sven, which was my third big mistake. ...If I hadn't been such a stupid idiot, you and I could have been married instead."I replied, "I did a serious mistake too when I seduced Lisette that Midsummer Eve. Of course, you and I had split up so I was free to do what I wanted, but I ought to have used my common sense and tried to get you back before I went further. Believe me, I have really. She smiled as she watched them go, her last class of the day. Picking up stray library books and pushing in the chairs, she made her way back to her office. She sighed heavily. School was out for the holiday at last. Now she could finally concentrate on Christmas. It wouldn’t be the same this year though, she reflected. This year they couldn’t go home for Christmas. The first year she’d ever not been home for Christmas. The first time in thirty years she’d not be there Christmas Eve to hear. "And I know that most folks in town already think we're married. So I guess it means we are."Jacob was trying to find the right words but they just didn't come to him. He had been trying for the past few weeks to find the perfect way to ask Susan and Ann to be his wives."What I'm trying to say," he stammered. "Is that, well, I love you both as much as I love anyone in this world. I can't imagine how the parts of my life that you are would have been filled without you. Any man in a hundred miles. His arms and legs aresinewy and strong, his black hair is curly without a hint of gray, and hisdark mustache makes his already manly face even more masculine. His steelygray eyes contrasted with his dark hair and tanned skin seemed to be twoshinning balls of silver causing me to shiver when ever they stared at me.All that I'd known, but the one feature I'd not noticed, or perhapsdeliberately did'nt want to notice, was the huge mound of meat he toted inthe pouch of his cutoffs. Working side by.