I once again put the ring on her  
finger. The wrong one it turns out, as 
she put it on the right one, then      
tugged my arm, to put mine on.         
     I stopped her. “Wait, I want to do
this right,” I said and slowly wriggled
the ring off her finger and put it back
on the right one.                      
     “You're mine now, sucker,” she    
said after putting the ring on mine,   
and we kissed again, and that one was  
even nicer than all the ones before it.
     When I finally caught my breath,  
“I can't wait for the beatings to      
begin.”                                
     She laughed, "Ok, let's go get    
that Cat and see, once and for all, if 
our kids'll be crazy or not."          
     "Let's go make some money," I     
added and tied the pink cotton ball    
* around and over my backpack with the     
package inside. I put on some gloves,  
and then a bootie on each foot, as I   
stepped over the yellow                
de-contamination line.                 
     Beth watched and did everything I 
did.                                   
     "I feel like a big pink cotton    
ball with this suit on, and you        
definitely look like one," she laughed,
put on the gloves, and then the        
booties, as she also crossed over the  
line.                                  
     I took another deep breath,       
“Ready?”                               
     She nodded, and we went through   
the doors. I pulled her gently in the  
right direction.                       
     Beth pretended to ooh and aah     
appreciatively like she was really     
impressed with all those closed doors  
that we were passing.                  



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