I ain't just a dumb cowboy." It's so much better than a silly diamond engagement ring," Weena contributed."I can't believe what he spent!" said Maddy,... looking as though she were holding back tears."It's my investment in you," said Charlie. "So don't go runnin' off with someone without givin' it back." You old idiot!" Yup." He turned to me: "C'n we visit them desert folks now?"I nodded and we started out. The ladies lagged behind, chatting vigorously."Was it a great deal?" I asked."Under two. And back to me. "Nod if you understand!" I was experiencing an intense embarrassment, having the whole class staring at me like I were under a microscope, and the pretty nurse seemed intent on removing every layer of cover to my vulnerable inner world, and self worth. I had never experienced anything quite like it and I felt an overwhelming sense of profound shame and degradation. "As you noticed class I will be using the most obscene kind of language while manipulating...it, and this. Saturday came and we went out and got a few supply's for the rest of the day I told her I had planned for people to start arriving at 11 am so we had to be quick when we got back a few people had arrived so we invited them in and shook hands hugged then we said "the party starts when everyone who agreed to come has arrived" and they all agreed.over the next hour more turned up and my wife said "Lee this is a lot of people" I asked "are you getting second thoughts" she said "fuck no I just said. Instead, the person at the door is my father. I’m neither surprised or apathetic. Perhaps he was supposed to have been here, as if we had an appointment, which we didn’t. It had been years since our reunion one week before. Before that, the last time I saw Max was way back in ’94 when he needed me for a corporate event he was hosting. At the end, he had left without saying good bye or even “Thank you.” He had moved several times without leaving any address or email address. I went on with my.