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  “Blake, sometimes you have to pray on it,” Sandra said softly.

  “Preacher’s daughter.” Blake laughed to himself under their baleful glares. “I was kidding.”

  And then they busted up laughing at his stricken expression.

  “Now I know where she gets it from.”

  “Should we ask them tonight?” Sandra asked.

  “I have one more thing I’d like to clear up before we ask them,” Blake said.

  “Oh, what’s that?”

  “I see how Bobby is looking at you, Sandra, and I know that you can take care of yourself, it’s just that…”

  “You scared that he’ll steal me away?” She was smiling wickedly.

  “No, it’s just that…Sandra…Pastor Duncan. We’ve talked briefly, and I don’t need a second date. Your daughter is everything that I ever wanted. With your permission, I’d like to…”

  “Yes,” he said, smiling.

  “Sandra, will you be my wife?” He turned to her, all his love, fears, and insecurities showing in his eyes.

  She jumped into his arms, kissing him deeply until her father tapped them on the shoulder, breaking the moment.

  “Not married yet,” he grumbled and walked upstairs.

  Smiling, they both followed him a minute later.

  “Was that a yes?”

  “You couldn’t tell?”

  “My brain sort of exploded.”

  They walked out of the stairway hand in hand to see two shocked expressions on Weston’s and Bobby’s faces. Lisa and Duncan were locked in a kiss of their own.

  “Uh…excuse me?” Sandra asked, confused and annoyed. “Not married yet,” she scolded them.

  “Besides, we have a lot to talk about, and even more to do,” Blake said, closing the subject. “We have to make plans for the future.”

  ----- The End -------

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