“Yes, you do!” she laughed playfully. “I do?” he replied, thoroughly confused. A waiter led the way to their table, which, now that he looke...d around, was the only dining table on the entire patio. The whole area was filled with candles, large and small. There must have been hundreds of them, placed at their table, as well as s**ttered completely around the railing, and at various small tables dotting the patio.Once seated, and the waiter busied himself opening the champagne bottle. She. He read, "Cumquat is soon to be returned to Philadelphia to participate in a special ceremony … and you are formally invited to attend."Dale's first reaction was to recognise that this was another of Robert's games in the offing. His second was to ping back an acceptance and say he was looking forward to seeing them. He heard nothing more (typical Robert!) other than to advise him of the venue, a favourite restaurant, to keep the date free and to dress formally because he would be attending a. " I smile. "No problems my sweet. they really are lovely people. So relax, you'll be fine."Our age difference, 15 years, bothers her a little when first meeting any of my friends, but to date they have all taken to her instantly. Swinging into the bay we swing around, go astern onto the quay and with the help of my friends, Rick and Jenny we're soon secure."Better than usual Mark!" He says. "Must be your quality crew!" Sod off" I laughingly retort."Well charmed I'm sure!" he replies and we all. "I just want to know when you started, and who was with you last night." She stammered a few unintelligible words and then finally said "About 3 months ago" so I went "AND?" "Well, I can't say, I promised never to tell anyone!" She said. I assured her that I was not mad and that I really want to know and that whoever it was was not going to get into any trouble. "Now who was it?" Again she hemmed and hawed, but when I smiled and said to her "Sweety, it's okay, I just don't want to see you hurt.