It's a given you can only hide for so long, and when you have a love as deep as theirs that cuts the time in half. Doug and Brian seen that, that's why their talk that afternoon. Stepping up and facing it takes alot of the "oh god, what now?" out of it also puts the people trying to hurt you on the defensive. Better to be playing on a full footing with confidence then trying to catch up from behind the eightball at a disadvantage. Works whether your 55,25,17 . Has nothing to do with age but confidence, security, and net of love and protection backing you up. I love this story and this chapter was great.