Seth wouldn’t until they were man and wife. A few chaste pecks on the cheek were all he’d ever given her. Seth, sweet, gentle Seth. His shyness to...ward her never seemed to go away, even after he’d asked for her hand in marriage. Now Seth was gone and she was alone again. She ducked under the cascading falls to rinse the soap from her body and hair. The water stung as it hit her skin, but it was well worth the discomfort to be able to bathe. Yet one lingering thought itched in her brain. Would. Tomorrow I will consult a lawyer over this disgusting lack of the empathy your profession is supposed to so value.”She stalked away and I stayed with her as she went to the nurse’s station. “We need a new doctor,” she said simply. “Dr. Collins has admitted to stopping treatment on my son as an experimental method to force him to regain consciousness without consulting me as his legal guardian. I need to speak to the hospital administration and I need Dr. Collins specifically barred from contact. How many times had he seen me play with her while she slept. And how many times had he seen me watching her through the window. Then I came up with a plan. Since we had Steve do odd jobs for us, I hired Steve to do some yard work and asked him to take the dogs out after school while Carol was at work and left him with a key to the back door. I then announced to Carol that I had to go out of town on business for several days and that while I was gone I had hired Steve. Carol was like a 2nd. “I’m not sure what my parents will say,” he said finally. “But if it isn’t pretty, they can go fuck themselves. They’ve used me for low-cost labor plenty enough, and while I love them, while I care about them, I don’t give a rat’s ass what they think about Wonder and me.”I also spaced out a bit, wondering what this new, mixed couple would bring to the table.“What about me?” I asked.“What about you?”“Where do I fit in with all of this?”“You, Archie, will be my best man. Better start working on.