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It was late October when David’s workshop was delivered. You had both wondered how they were going to get the 20’ long, 10’ wide structure to the back of the property on account of the “moat” around the foundation. Within an hour though, a young man with a little robot dolly and a remote control had it on level ground exactly where David had wanted it. There was one point as you watched in pure awe, that you were nervous that the back of the workshop might be getting too clos

“I’m picking up the tiller tomorrow. We have it for 24 hours.” “I’m sure that will be more than enough time. Maybe we can even use it up front to prepare the flower beds for next year?” David hesitated for a second, “I don’t know Vaness… let’s see how far we get in the back first.” At this point you and Jackie hadn’t yet had the talk… the talk where she had told you that one of your biggest flaws… (you had braced yourself for this) and even joked, “Nothing… I have no flaws be

“This can’t be for fucking real right now…” you said to yourself. You had seen it in your peripheral vision as you were washing your hands. It was late. You hadn’t been able to fall asleep right away, David on the other hand, had been out for at least an hour. You had gotten up to use the bathroom and when you were washing up, you caught it out of the corner of your eye. The flash of light was right there in the mirror… you would have sworn it before but now, turning around