"This is Dawn Wilson, the engineer," Dr. Ryan continued as if nothingwhere out of the ordinary."Nice meeting you, Marc," the old Denny replied pleasan...tly."And, finally, Wendy Lewis." A pleasure to be working with you," Wendy stated in the same tone asthe real Roger Jennings would have.Marc felt numb as he shook each hand. They were older than heremembered, but clearly the same men he had trained. It was a littlehard to comprehend that although they looked like his crew, they wereactually. ”“But Richard is your husband!” Marie blurted. “It is wrong for me to feel ... naughty.”The last word was whispered. Ellen smiled at her cousin.“Your head knows that,” Ellen said, pointing at Marie’s forehead. Then she pointed at Marie’s lap. “Your treasure box doesn’t know. Don’t get me wrong, I would never allow anything to happen between you and Richard. You are far too beautiful to give you an opening. But I cannot fault you for an innocent reaction.”Marie looked at Ellen dubiously. “You. Messaged between us friends were the easiest and most efficient method of communication and thank god text messages replaced letters. We messaged each other often but it was always a conversation between 2 friends and thus nobody bothered about it. After a month, our college closed down for the summer and all of us returned home. But no matter where you are in this world you can keep in touch with anybody, well that’s the beauty about the 21st century. And we exploited that fact by talking to. Doesn’t that seem odd to you?”“Yes, Jeb, those things crossed my mind before I fell asleep last night, and I don’t understand it. I know marrying you as soon as I can is the right thing for us to do. However, our agreeing to get married right away is odd because we both believe in long engagements.“My wanting you to get me pregnant right now, before we marry, is very shocking to me, Jeb. But, it also seems like the right thing to do. Every time I say or think that, a part of me says we should.