As the night progressed, Judie found herself getting more and more tired. She assumed it was because of the wine, but she wasn't that drunk, just unab...le to keep her eyes open. After her third glass of wine, Judie realised she had to go to bed. Tony was pretty much nocturnal so she kissed him goodnight and went to her room. She was out like a light the second her head hit the pillow.The next day, Judie was awoken by the sound of hoovering in the hallway. She still felt shattered from the night. ‘Sure I’ll be right down,’ I said as I hung up the phone. My first thought was, ‘what have I gotten myself into?’ I looked out the window at the side of the door to see him standing out on the sidewalk. I opened the door as I stepped back in to motion to him to come inside. He came up the front walk to the porch and stepped inside. I didn’t want to wake my sisters so I said that we should go out to the conservatory and close the doors. He looked rough around the edges maybe he wasn’t sleeping. ‘I like Sam, and I don’t mind helping him out, but that is going too far.’ The group got a big laugh at that and few more before the chill of a storm coming chased them to their tents. Jeremy stayed out just long enough to break down the fire and give Alicia time to change before he crawled into his tent. He made it just before the downpour started. ‘So how much risk of getting soaked do we have?’ Alicia asked as Jeremy crawled into his bag and removed his shorts, leaving on only his tee shirt. Mel didn’t want to go down the ‘Pretty Woman’ Rodeo Drive jeweler route, though I told her I was willing to risk their prices for an engagement ring that was worthy of her.Her argument was, why pay those crazy prices when we could get an equally impressive stone elsewhere and still have enough left over from our budget for a few other pieces of jewelry? I fought for a while, saying that I never wanted her to even think for one moment that I was a cheapskate as far as she was concerned. Then she.