Payton looked over my bed to Debbie with a raised eyebrow. The nurse smiled."He's talking about 'morning rounds.' I think they found him ... interesti...ng." I see," Dr. Payton said with a small smile. "Alright," she continued, "then what's the last thing you remember before you woke up in the hospital?" Hey, that's supposed to be my line," protested Officer Kevin McConnell as he came in the door. He was wearing blue jeans and a University of South Carolina sweatshirt instead of his police. “Ah, Heather has been briefing you,” she smiled. “She caught us snogging in the barn. Shirley kicks both ways, I don’t.”I didn’t pursue the point, but we continued chatting for a while and then I walked back to the house to get myself ready for Lilly’s party.Hamish drove me and I said I’d get a cab home and he could go to bed. Lilly’s parties have always been legendary, and I once met a very beautiful Indian doctor at one and had stayed the night with her. It had led on to a pleasant affair,. My mother booked a local restaurant to hold the reception and we send out the invitations. We spent the next couple of months, planning everything out but I won't bore you with all those details.A few months later, our wedding day finally arrived. That afternoon, I headed over to my mothers house to get ready. We started off by doing my hair and makeup before getting dressed. I had purchased a simple wedding dress, which went down to my ankles, but was sleeveless and strapless and showed plenty. ‘This is Miss…’ but I interrupted Raymond as he saw me kissing Nancy the lips. ‘Good to see you again,’ I muttered. ‘Likewise,’ she said. She’d filled out a bit and was looking great. ‘Married?’ ‘Nope.’ ‘Engaged?’ ‘Nope.’ ‘Me neither,’ I grinned, trying not to show my teeth while she looked as if I was discussed non-delivery of bridge railings. ‘Nancy and I worked together some time back,’ I said vaguely and then got the meeting underway. The two engineers claimed bridge construction was spot.