Not much was said on the way home after our date, and he mentioned nothing of it over the weekend. I really expected him to chastise me; at least sit me down for one of his lectures. But none of that happened. Monday arrived, and he went to work. The rest of the family had errands and appointments and things they wanted to do, so the house was empty by ten o’clock. I finished my errands early, and the plans I had with a f...

I finally got my second date two weeks later. It turned out to be a double header, as we were heading to camp to clean up for the family reunion the following weekend. That was fine with me. I had the whole day, just him and me. We were going to hike in the morning, then clean when we got back. He promised we’d hang out if we finished early enough. If not, we would be going home. No way I was letting that happen. We arriv...