Hugh may have thought Sally was overcome by the heat and closeness of the little room. In fact, Sally decided he was the most handsome young man she'd... ever seen in her life. Sally liked to be dominated by a man - to a degree - and Hugh apparently looked somewhat dominating to her at that point.Nothing could have been farther from the truth, however. Poor Hugh was almost overcome by shyness. While he worked for his father, he did just that - worked. Aldo gave him no time to socialize with those. Near the edge of the summit, where the cliff dropped into a seemingly endless black gulf, someone was blowing long notes on a horn. Nearby, somebody else pounded a drum. Although she couldn’t really see them, Phoebe felt the musicians were not people but things, and her skin crawled at even the impression of their silhouettes. Ruth was here, sitting on her knees at the edge of the cliff, the picture of misery. Someone else was with her, a tall man dressed all in black, difficult to pick out. The boy sat up took Joni’s hand in his and said, “From the deepest part of my heart I thank you and I owe you for helping me out today. I have no idea how I could ever repay you.”After the boy planted a kiss on her hand Joni took the hand away and started rubbing it against the blanket saying, “It was no trouble man. Don’t worry about it and please never kiss my hand again. Gross.”At first the boy looked upset then with a sincere look and tone he said, “Sorry I didn’t mean to offend you. I just. ’ Ted shook his head. ‘That’s what I thought until my Mom set me straight. She told me flat-out `Teddy, you’re in love with that girl and if you don’t tell her, someday you’re going to lose her’ and she was right,’ Ted confessed. Suzette was having a hard to processing all of this, especially now. She was to be married in July and Ted was supposed to do a reading at the wedding. ‘Why are you telling me all of this now, Ted?’ ‘Because I hate the guy you’re marrying. He’s rich and successful and.