[ She is going to keep the smile from her lips by taking a puff from her pipe. Mitsuru, she cannot believe that she is actually going to think this: but it appears you have blind spots where your significant other is concerned.
Joshua LaRue is a small town boy whose parents married out of highschool. They are as painfully American as they can get ( and she means that in a good way. ) There is also the matter of the way he moves around you, blocking off a day in the week all to yourselves. He does not mind that you come visit him at the office, and that some of these visits turn into "dinner dates".
Does she need to go on about how the proverbial grapevine is abuzz at what a beautiful family you, him and the child seem to make? Were no one the wiser, if you were not the Wolf of Zangyaku and your face not so familiar to nearly all in Asia, the three of you could stroll down Metro Manila and look like a family.
This is, admittedly, where her interest in the child Lyall comes in. You already view her as a daughter, and if her assessment of Joshua LaRue holds -- and it will -- there is very little chance that the boy does not already view her the same way.
It is a regrettable thing that the child is damaged, but perhaps this is the blessing in disguise. The two of you are building a life, and you both function best when you can provide for another. ]
A shame, [ she does not really mean that, but you would not suspect that from her tone, ] I was contemplating how nice it might be if I could watch you exchange vows within my lifetime.
[ You will. It is only a matter of when, not if. There is a way she could confirm, but she prefers to watch things unfold in time. ]
Besides, I think your father would approve of him.
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Joshua LaRue is a small town boy whose parents married out of highschool. They are as painfully American as they can get ( and she means that in a good way. ) There is also the matter of the way he moves around you, blocking off a day in the week all to yourselves. He does not mind that you come visit him at the office, and that some of these visits turn into "dinner dates".
Does she need to go on about how the proverbial grapevine is abuzz at what a beautiful family you, him and the child seem to make? Were no one the wiser, if you were not the Wolf of Zangyaku and your face not so familiar to nearly all in Asia, the three of you could stroll down Metro Manila and look like a family.
This is, admittedly, where her interest in the child Lyall comes in. You already view her as a daughter, and if her assessment of Joshua LaRue holds -- and it will -- there is very little chance that the boy does not already view her the same way.
It is a regrettable thing that the child is damaged, but perhaps this is the blessing in disguise. The two of you are building a life, and you both function best when you can provide for another. ]
A shame, [ she does not really mean that, but you would not suspect that from her tone, ] I was contemplating how nice it might be if I could watch you exchange vows within my lifetime.
[ You will. It is only a matter of when, not if. There is a way she could confirm, but she prefers to watch things unfold in time. ]
Besides, I think your father would approve of him.
[ Yes, son, she went there. ]