A Wife For My Brother

their date, he had strongly disliked her attitude and was annoyed by her conversation topics - she kept askin

it. What would Daniel Crusher be doing with a young gir

he didn't respond. She was w

yle now?" That wa

can hear you too."

who ar

na, nice t

d you a

fiancée." L

tle her with absolute brazenness and being rude, she d

ight," Da

his a

Deanna

You don't 'do' t

I can hear you." Dan

talking

ture husband. Don't you think that's a b

, the conversation topic was still embarrassing, and Deanna was adding her own touch. She had noticed Daniel's

ther people. She was imposing herself between a coup

't know," she tr

Deanna dismissed her w

ter leave... Congra

ing more needed to be said. Obviously, this woman had had something with him at some point, or she

explain, but he didn't understand why and that bothered him. It annoyed him not understanding what was happening to him:

an from e

es

e date and it d

s

noticed, she's a

e i

at explanati

she never asked about. But it seemed like a good thing, considerat

d the situa

the first time I've ru

do you

n others. It used to happen to m

nders

great help in

to hear h

friend and a

y, Harry was more than just an irresponsible person with

ng, Deanna started to say go

the family gathering, we'll have e

do my

t she's the one you'll need to be most careful with - she think

o be hard to

, the wedding will happen anyway. But she'll likely make stra

ow, I'll be

re fr... dresses like that

like that." He was

th having survived his examination, but apparently he was very conservative since he'd complained about the dress. Nothing

about anything like this, had never brought a woman home, or introduced them to anyone, and suddenly

't very aware of them. In recent years, he had retreated somewhat into his shell, trying not to show his sadness so it wouldn't affect his children.

Daniel didn't know any other way to make things work. The children were more relaxed with their grandmother or aunt, who were alw

, not because he couldn't, he simply decided not to anymore. Daniel had gone to every doctor and therapist he could find, but there was no medical reason for his condition, no pathology. The therap

e less harm his children would receive. The best thing was to maintain a cordial distance, although Deanna had proven to be a pleasant person, she had