She returned carrying a small jewelry box with the perfect weddingring inside. "Sam, will you marry me?" I whispered with tears in my eyes."Yes," he s...aid solemnly. "We'll take these," I told the clerk and removed the ring from my finger."Will that be cash or charge?" she asked. I removed the three-hundreddollars from my purse and handed the bills to her. She stood therecounting out the funds while Sam fidgeted nervously. "Is anything wrong Sam?" I asked him."Well, it's just that I don't have. " Her eyes never even left the screen. "If it isn't in your room it might be in the laundry." I'm pretty sure I put it in the laundry last week, Mom, and when I looked in the laundry room I didn't see anything clean. When do you think it might get done?" Oh, I'll get to it right away honey." She casually waved her hand in his direction but otherwise could have been made of stone for all the movement she made.Well he thought, I made the suggestion now let's see what happens.DAY/TIME: Saturday,. It was Linda."Hi, hope I'm not too early." When she saw Tommy she started giggling and said "Like your hat, Tommy!" Tommy's face went scarlet. Beverly went back to the kitchen and Linda sat on a chair looking at Tommy. God, this was turning out to be fun! There was another knock on the door and Linda opened it. This time it was Tina and Ellen together. They saw Tommy kneeling there and started giggling all over again.Beverly said that dinner wouldn't be ready for another fifteen minutes and. Besides that, and to keep up appearances , she makes some kind of woodcraft decoration and paints silk scarves which she sells online (not very successful…the cost of the used materials almost exceed the price she can ask)Her husband, Marius, who is the son of a former high Securitate official, inherited a bunch of apartments which he rents out and never worked one hour in his life. The rental contract are not registered to avoid taxes, the real estate is ill maintained and managed.Studio:as i.