"Beautiful inside and out, Cindy. That's what I've learned. It's one of the many reasons why I want to marry you."

"Mrs Cindy Pritchard," she whispered, holding me tightly. It had been a long and sometimes emotional couple of days. I held her tightly in return as she needed a little weep. "You've made all our lives just that little bit brighter, Mark."

Wrapping a towel around my waist, the girls were starting to get ready for bed themselves, left amused that we were all left feeling rather tired after the night before and a long day together. I hugged all five of them for a few minutes each, a...