"I will, now excuse the language  
Beth, but what in hell are you two     
doing out so late, and of all places,  
what in hell are you doing here? Don't 
you spend enough time in this place,   
Crim?"                                 
     "Axel, this is very embarrassing, 
but I was in the middle of proposing to
Beth tonight, and stupid, fucking idiot
me, forgot the..."                     
     "No," Axel almost yelled. "No     
dude, you didn't. Tell me you didn't   
leave the motherfucking rings in your  
locker?"                               
     "Yup," I laughed.                 
     "Wait a minute, propose? Are you  
two gettin' hitched?"                  
     When we both nodded, Axel whooped,
"Well, honest to God, that is good     
news," and then got just a little      
* serious.                                 
     "You'd better invite us to the    
wedding, or I will come down to your   
house, and shoot you myself."          
     "You're at the top of the list    
Axel, you and Maxime, and especially   
Doreen," Beth reassured him.           
     “Besides, I don't want to have to 
shoot you back.”                       
     Axel laughed, as he obviously     
remembered Beth's love for guns, and   
that she was a good shot. They once had
a contest in our cellar, and Beth won, 
of course.                             
     "You see that you do that girl,"  
he said, and then asked, “You're not   
packing now, are you?”                 
     “I wouldn't do that to you Axel.” 
     I knew she was lying, but I didn't
say a word. Why make a fuss, when it   
wasn't necessary?                      



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