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eyes
filled with love as he lunged toward her.
    “Well I’ll be a—”  Gonzalo
couldn’t close his mouth.  “Pop, Missy heard the truck!”
    “Probably the dead in the cemetery
heard—Melissa heard it?”
    “Unless one of you woke her. 
Charger said she could hear, it’s why—”  Gonzalo swung around.  “Did
one of you wake her, up?  The family was so over whelmed they didn’t see
Ben pull Missy into his arms, give her a bear hug and kiss her nose.  One
of the neighbors saw though and gasped.  Ben slowly dropped Missy back
onto the porch, stunned by the arousal she caused him to feel and mashed his
forehead against hers.  She was shaking.  Frantically he reached for
her hand and talked to her.  With his forehead mashed against hers, he
told her how she was the most beautiful girl in the world and he didn’t care if
she couldn’t hear or how she’d been kidnapped because he wanted her to be
his.  Missy cried softly, and he reached up to wipe away her tears.
    By now the neighbors, furious about
the noise, slowly descended on the Sanchez family, who was caught up trying to
explain this crazy Italian.  Everything was quiet and fine near Missy and
Ben until he started telling her with his hand he wanted her to marry him—how
he wanted to take care of her and show her his love—how he’d promised her so
long ago he’d wait for her to grow up.
    “NO!”  Missy cried out. 
“The promises were to Missy and she’s dead!”
    “It doesn’t—”  Ben carried her
to light.  “Dammit, Melissa or Missy it doesn’t matter!”  He tried to
kiss her to show her, and she shook all over.
    “Yes it does!”  Her eyes
filled with fear.  “I won’t listen to you!  I don’t want to marry
anyone!  I don’t—”  Ben didn’t believe her reaction, the pain on her
face, the fear in her eyes.  He expected her to be surprised or angry
because he knew about the kidnapping and her deafness, but fear?  Shaking
like a leaf?  Had he hurt her somehow?  He hadn’t meant to hurt her.
    “What the hell are you doing to
Melissa?”  Gonzalo instantly turned on him.  Like it was a signal,
the Sanchez men lined up.
    With pain in his eyes for hurting
her, Ben shook his head and released Missy.  Mrs. Sanchez grabbed her and
pulled her toward the house.  Something was very wrong here.  Angrily
Ben turned to face Gonzalo.  “I guess this is where I have to fight you,
huh?”  He glared with fire in his eyes.  The only one he really
wanted was Gonzalo.
    “You damn right!  I warned you
about hurting her!  You think I’m so stupid I can’t see your just using
her by bringing up some damn promise you made and forgot?”
    “You wanna’ move out in the
street?”  Ben glared as cool as you please.
    “Yeah man, I told you before if you
ever hurt my sister—” Everyone but Missy and her mother followed them to the
street.
    “I have a question first.” 
Ben held up his hand.
    “Out with it!”  Gonzalo
glared.
    “Mr. Sanchez, may I please marry
Melissa?”
    “Are you crazy?”  Gonzalo
tried to find some air.
    “I’m talking to your father, not
you.”  Ben glared at Gonzalo, then faced Missy’s father.  “Mr.
Sanchez?”  Slowly Ben turned to be sure be was closest to Gonzalo. 
He knew he didn’t stand a chance in hell against all ten of them, but he’d
fight while he still could.  Gonzalo was the only one he really wanted.
    “Most certainly not!” 
Gonzalo’s father finally found his tongue.
    “Thank you, sir!”  Still
yelling, Ben swung and hit Gonzalo as hard as he could right in the face. 
“This is your damn custom, not mine!”
    Gonzalo fell stunned.
    Attacked from behind by three
brothers, Ben swung like a wild man.  The brothers fought back.  When
Ben saw Ricardo coming at him, he reached out and flipped him, leaving him too
stunned to fight more.  He tried to avoid Mr. Sanchez but accidentally
landed a punch in his right eye.  The only one Ben really wanted