chapter eight the next morning the cat was gone . i will see you as soon as i can . but after an hour , delicious smells floated through the living room . `` you do n't really live like you 're using that money . ' you made me dinner the other night , i 'm returning the favor . '' `` i mean i was coming at the exact time i proposed last month , this time to ask ... to beg that you consider marriage . 