"Love Knows No Bounds"!

At least that's what SHE ALWAYS THOUGHT.

She Would Do ANYTHING FOR TONY!

Except the ONE THING, she COULDN'T.

SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. !

DIDNT WANT TO BELIEVE IT.!

THE MAN she LOVED, LAUGHED WITH, CRIED WITH, RAISED A FAMILY WITH,

WAS GOING TO...

SHE COULDN'T EVEN SAY IT!

NO! HE'll PULL THROUGH, SHE THOUGHT,

MIRACLES have been known to HAPPEN!

And if ANYONE DESERVED A MIRACLE, it was HER TONY!

IT WASN'T FAIR!, Such a VIRILE and FIT MAN.

A MAN who ALWAYS put HIS FAMILY FIRST, was KIND, and GENTLE.

HE DIDN'T DESERVE THIS!

NO, HER TONY WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE!, SHE THOUGHT To HERSELF.

AS IF saying it ENOUGH, WOULD MAKE IT COME TRUE.

She started thinking about a CERTAIN BIRTHDAY SURPRISE, he arranged for her.

It was a balmy evening in mid JUNE.

Though he knew she was only following BASEBALL, to PLEASE HIM, he had SURPRISED HER with a PICNIC BASKET, under the STARS. AT THE FAIRFIELD PARK, of COURSE.

TONY being the ROMANTIC, also brought along CHAMPAGNE, CANDLELIGHT, and a table with two CHAIRS.

Angela looked bemused.

" TONY, How did you hide those from ME?.

Tony looked at her aghast,

"Angela, BabyI USED to be a BASEBALL PLAYER, REMEMBER, I STILL have CONNECTIONS"

Then laughed, "Okay, Okay you got me, I PAID the groundskeeper to hide them in the shed. "

"My Hero". Angela laughed.

"What about Music"? Angela said, Not really expecting any.

Then from out of nowhere, two violinists appeared.

"Oh Tony, just when I think you can't surprise me anymore, you up the Ante. Thankyou Sweetheart, this is so LOVELY".

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEAUTIFUL"! Tony grinned.

"Oh it IS ! IT IS! "

And they kissed so PASSIONATELY, that ANGELA thought she heard MUSIC, forgetting the violinists were even there, and she did indeed hear Music. They started playing a soft melody which Tony took as his cue to take angela into his waiting arms, and slowly shuffled his feet.

By the end of the SLOW MELODIC PACE, it quickly turned into a TANGO.

Out of nowhere Tony plucked a ROSE and clenched it between his teeth.

Angela laughed so loudly she nearly stood on HIS FEET.

Then things got more serious, as TONY took her in his arms and dipped her, before continuing their TANGO.

When the music finished, Tony stared at Angela so hungrily, she thought he Wanted to DEVOUR HER.

"Tony when you look at me like that, I FEEL like the "LUCKIEST WOMAN on EARTH" she blushed.

"Your'e WRONG, ANGELA, I'M the LUCKY ONE". He told Angela lovingly

Then he kissed her full on the lips, so fervently, that when they stopped , they both had to get their breath back.

"NO WOMAN had ever made me feel the way you do ANGELA"! , I FEEL like a kid on his FIRST DATE. CORNY.! I KNOW! , but that's the POWER YOU have over ME!

"Tony my love, I feel the same exactly the same AS YOU, YOU bring out the VIXEN in ME".

"Well the evening isn't over YET, I also booked us a room at the FAIRFIELD INN. Do you remember when we went there last?, you with Geoffrey with a G"

"And you with Tania". Angela thoughts.

"You know Tony, Geoffrey NEVER stood a chance when you were AROUND, The Whole time I WAS with HIM, I WISHED it was YOU, holding me , kissing me, making love to ME. Even then, YOU were MY WORLD, and you ALWAYS WILL BE!"

In THAT MOMENT, the WORLD could have come to an END, and TONY, WOULDN'T have CARED. ALL HE COULD SEE AND FEEL was the LOVE so PURE and HONEST radiating from ANGELA. THIS WOMAN who had HIS HEART and SOUL. HE was PUTTY in her HANDS.

"Angela, that's the most Wonderful and Romantic thing anyone has EVER said to ME. And before this turns into a crying fest by both of US, let's have some dinner!

I cooked the ROAST MYSELF, and we have DESSERT to follow, "CREM BRULET".

Though FOOD was the last thing on either of their minds, they knew they COULDN'T let TONY'S food go to waste.

Angela LOVED EVERYTHING about TONY, and his COOKING was way up there on the list. AFTER the ONE thing they were BOTH HOPING to do LATER OF COURSE!