A few minutes later, Matt’s bourbon arrived and he slowly sipped his Booker’s on the rocks. One was the limit though. At over 100 proof, Booker’...s was intended to be sipped. The PA system came to life just then and passengers were asked to see the attendant for their new seat assignments. Matt pitied the person behind the counter because that had to be the worst job in the airline business. Sure enough, the first person in line started waving his hands around and pointing his finger at the. "well dont worry" he said "wele make sure your well looked after, wont we lads" a choir of YEAHs came from a group of burly looking men. I sat down feeling quite uncomfortable, "what does a young lad like your drink then", "erm id like a pint of John Smiths please" i said, he look concerned "how about a fine glass of yorkshire ale from the finest brewers", i thought for a while feeling more settled "yeah id love to try some of the local brew". And in a split second he whipped off his belt and. I felt dizzy and disoriented. 'My daughter in law was here, Lynn was here;' kept spinning around in my brain. 'Oh shit' was also mixed in there from time to time. "Hey, are you still there." I heard Maggie say from my right ear. That snapped me part ways out of my mind lock; enough to tell her yeah. She laughed and asked, "You want to do lunch? I'm free in about an hour." Ok, I'll see you then." I replied as I absently hung up the phone; my brain resumed its whirl of implications at last. He said that he had been fitted with brand new metal legs, and was trying to learn how to use them but still had to use two canes to get around. But the end of the letter was what got to her the most. At the very end, apologizing again for not having been in touch with her sooner, he told her that he was intending to come to see her soon, that he’d be released from the government hospital soon and would be coming. Her first reaction was that she didn’t want to see him, she didn’t think she.