Lawrence Gilbert and Brian Baker had been friends all their lives and when they left school aged sixteen, they both started working for a Chandler’s in Pipershaven and ten years later they decided to go out on their own and were doing very well for themselves, in a much smaller way than the company they had worked for, but after three years they had established themselves in St Pierre and in mid-October they opened a second premises at the Old Mill in Spaniards Creek, next door to Baker’s Tree Surgery, who were one of the first tenants to move in, back in June.
The Hotel Danny and Molly
were staying in had a wonderful view over the bay of Naples and Capri beyond
and as the scented sea breeze gently caressed her brunette hair Danny thought
he had finally found the right moment in the right venue.
So on Friday Evening as they
were gazing at the spectacular sunset he said
“Molly, I have to ask you
something”
“What’s that?” she replied
without looking at him
“Well it’s something I’ve
been trying to ask you about for the last week” he added
“Well what is it?” Molly
asked still staring at the sunset
“Perhaps this will give you a
clue” he said putting a small package on the table and she turned to look
“It’s not my birthday for
another week” she said and looked away again
“This is a different kind of
gift” he said
“I’m not opening it until my
birthday” she insisted
“Please”
“Definitely not” she
replied
“Molly Barrington, will you
please do what you’re told when I’m asking you to marry me” he said
“What?” Molly exclaimed and
turned around
“But if you don’t want to
marry me, then I’ll take it back to the shop”
“No, no you can’t do that”
she said in a panic
“No, the moment has passed”
he said
“But you have to marry me”
she pleaded, “You asked me, so you can’t take it back”
“I feel a bit silly now, but
ok, will you …” he began said
“Yes, Yes, and Yes” she
screamed and threw her arms around his neck.
He rummaged in his pocket and
gave her the package and said
“You’d better have this then”
She snatched it from his hand
and ripped the packaging to threads to expose a ring box.
Her hands were shaking as she
snapped the lid back and when she saw the contents she gasped
“If you don’t like it, we can
buy another ring together”
“It’s beautiful, I’ll keep it
forever” she said and kissed him, and it was the kind of kiss that meant that
they wouldn’t see any more of the sunset.
After celebrating their
engagement rather spectacularly the night before they decided they had had
enough of sightseeing so they thought they would take the ferry to Sardinia and
have a bit of relaxion on the beach for the last five days of their holiday.
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