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Show A S3 doesn't approve of us living in sin." "You told her.*" IsMk was shocked. "It slipped out. We were there for a Sabbath supper and Ben spilled the beans." "i spilled the beans? You spilled the beans." "O.K., we. spilled the beans. There were beans everywhere. Anyhow, when she found^ out we were living together she wept and tore her kaa hair." "Crap," said Ben. "She did. She pounded her forehead on the wailing wall." "She didn't blink an eye. Just said that as long as we were living together and loved each other, why not get married? And I think the same way." "Do you want to?" a£&- asked Amelia. "Ummm, I guess so. But not now. Not till June." "June?" said Ben. "June, moon and orange blossoms?" Amelia shrugged. "No, not that dreck. I just want to get married sometime when I'm not so damned busy. When we can take some time off to go somewhere." "On a honeymoon?" said Ben, truly startled. "No, no, but we could visit my family, for one thing. What would be wrong with that? You're not curious about my parents?" "I'm not morbid." "Then you don't have to get married?" asked Boat'. "God no. I went down and got the cutest tittle diaphragm from Planned Parenthood." "Good. But I still don't see the advantage of getting married. If it doesn't work out, and you're married, it's a hell of a mess." "Oh, it'll work," they both said. fe£k smiled cynically. Walking home through a spring rain she told me she didn't like it at all. "Is marriage that bad?" |