I think he was shocked and pleasantly surprised when I told him that this was not necessarily the case, for if his scheming worked and Rory and I marr...ied as he hoped, then I would become a Macgregor and as custodian of the locket would be responsible for keeping it or passing it on. When I said this Rory leaned over and kissed me and all the members of our family seemed really pleased by this turn of events.I was impressed by Rory too. After the queen's speech where she called for everyone to. She reached out to feel my forehead, which I'm certain must have beencold and clammy from sweat, when she stopped abruptly and stareddirectly at my legs."What are you wearing?" she exclaimed. Her eyes jumped from my legs tomy eyes then back to my legs. "Are those my pantyhose?" Yes," I managed. My deep shame swelled from the pit of my stomach. Iwanted to puke.My mother breathed deeply as she regained her composure. I expected herto explode with a screaming fit, ground me for life, or rip the. One day I could only see Becky, I asked about Tiffany, “She’s gone away to camp for two weeks with the guides,” I felt sorry for her being left on her own, but there was nothing I could do, I was working after all. Later that morning I stopped for an ice cream, I could see Becky still in the children’s area, I held up my ice cram and indicated asking her if she wanted one, she nodded her head, I waved to call her over, we sat together eating, she thanked me for being kind and with a quizzical. Of course, there were the 'regulars' and it wasn't unusual to see a dozen cars on the Hill. "Dick, I've got an idea. Let's go up there and scare the shit out of Bernie." "How do you mean?" I asked. "Well, I'll wear my brother's hat and we'll sneak up to the car and pretend like cops." Josh's brother was on the local police force but was somewhere in the Northwoods shacked up with his girlfriend. "Gee, I don't know. Ya think Bernie will fall for it?" "Sure. I'm practically my brother's.