Without question, Mary replied, “I would love to, Benjamin, but as I have said, it wouldn’t be proper!”
It was at this point that the realization set in about what I was trying to accomplish.
“Benjamin Price! I do not think your sick taunts are humorous! I forbid you from trapping me with your words again! Otherwise, you shall find yourself quite seldom!” With these words, Mary turned her head away and refused to speak. I knew better than to be loud with any laughter, so I chuckled as quietly as I could to myself.
“I can hear you giggling like a schoolboy, Benjamin! I suppose you are rather pleased with yourself! Do you value my desires and passions so minimally?”
I gazed at Mary with blank eyes and a full smile.
“It isn’t that that I hold no value for your desires and certainly not y
