Rebecca, Baloo, Molly, and Wildcat listened to their story in rapt wonder. It was so outrageous they would not have believed anyone else. Rebecca was mildly upset that Sam and Kit hadn't asked them to come along and help. But she understood that they weren't prepared to expose anyone else to such grave danger.
They were all ecstatic when they announced they would be getting married. And they wasted no time in doing so. It took a day to get their marriage license, but two days after they returned from India, they stood before Sam's pastor and took their vows.
They immediately left for their honeymoon, promising Baloo and Rebecca they would get the full two weeks they had been promised for theirs. And despite being able to pick anywhere in the world for their first night together as husband and wife, Sam insisted on returning to Kit's tiny Cape Suzette apartment.
"Because it's you," she explained. "And I want to be surrounded by you, immersed in you, filled by you."
"Oh, now that," Kit said as he took her into his bed, "I'm definitely going to do."
For you readers who, while humming along, found yourself stopping from time to time and wondering "did he get that from so and so", the answer is most likely "yes". Here is a list of all those little "shout-outs" (in order):
(from "Old Loves and New Flames" but included here) Sam (as in Samuel, not Samantha) is in honor of Dr. Beckett from Quantum Leap.
The suit Suscratchums is identified as wearing is by John Phillips, London. In "Die Hard", Hans similarly identifies the suit Takagi is wearing. "I hear Arafat buys his there."
The breakfront in Sam's office is the same as the one Bob Spaulding is so proud of in "The Proposal".
John Michael Kane was one of the aliases Jason was using in "The Bourne Identity".
Section 31 is a "black budget" division from Star Trek: DS9.
Sam's bank manager is named Defresne, referring to Andy in "The Shawshank Redemption".
In Dean Koontz's wildly popular "Odd Thomas" series, Odd has a completely reliable internal alarm clock that is 15 minutes slow. Odd, however, would set himself for 5:45 to awaken at 6:00.
Kit's comment that "just because you're paranoid don't mean they're not after you" is a direct quotation from Nirvana's "Territorial Pissings".
Trevor Linden is the name of one of the all-time great Vancouver Canucks. His #16 was retired by the organization in 2008, only the third retired number in the franchise.
The "man in black" is a "Princess Bride" reference.
Sam's assertion that the Light will rebuild her is from "The Six Million Dollar Man", though the actual quote is "faster", not "more powerful".
Oh, and there is a short section where a little known movie character named Indiana makes a cameo. You may have missed that part.
