Amanda's parents would be there, because while they did not know the details they knew she went out with me one night and Frank the next. They just as...sumed she was cheating on me.By now I had met Frank several times as we arranged details of the marriage. He always seemed to have a smirk on his face anytime he was around me. He told me I was to pay for his and Amanda's 2 week honeymoon in Jamaica and then he would allow her to move in with me and I would get my chance to have sex with her. That. I had to — I had to carry all this stuff all the way from campus in 105 degree heat. I'm dying.” He hopped up and headed to his bathroom, drinking directly from the faucet as I watched from outside. “You must be Nicky,” I said. Breaking his guzzle, he corrected me. “Nick. Nobody calls me Nicky, but my grandma and that asshole across the hall.” “Yeah that makes sense.” “Are you one of his friends? I can't believe a roach like him would have company in the daylight.” “I am definitely not his. Replaced by protruding bones. He had done this. Caused her to suffer. His heart recoiled. He stifled his pain, it would wait. Kissing the tears on Amanda's cheeks, he whispered softly. "I'm here, Mandy. You're safe." Tony's soft words were lyrical in her ears. For as long as she had known him, he had been a great source of strength for her. When he left, he took all the strength and courage with him. With trembling hands, scared he would simply disappear again, Amanda traced the lines of his. He felt his heart warm at the sight and smiled back, his love showing clearly in his eyes. Julia came closer to Garreth and Therese and took each of their right hands and had them hold each other, as she placed her hand over top of them, the red, silk ribbon on her wrist. Anne came to Grayson and Heather and did the same with them. Together they spoke the blessing to the couples and to everyone. ‘Blessed be this union wi’ the gifts of the East Communication of the heart, mind and body Fresh.