The two men smiled at each other knowingly, and for just a moment I had time to wonder why.
Then Martha clutched my arm. "You tell him, Lewis."
"John," I said. "We have a surprise for you too—"
He wouldn't let me finish. He took hold of my arm with one hand and Martha's with the other and drew us outside where everyone could see us.
"You can tell us later, Lewis," he said, "First we have a surprise for you!"
"But wait—"
They crowded in around us, laughing and waving and calling "Happy anniversary". We couldn't resist them. They swept us along with them down the walk and into one of the cars.
I looked around for Duane. He was in the back seat, smiling somewhat nervously. Perhaps he thought that this was normal farm life.
"Lewis," Martha said, "where are they taking us?"
"I don't know...."