I'm not an idiot. Ijust want him to get married -- to a woman -- and have kids. Is that toomuch to ask?" Paul, I'm not saying I'd prefer for him to be... gay. It can be a hardlife. There are people who will hate you because you sleep with someonethey've never met. I'm just saying we will not reject our kid. If youdo, I will take a golf club to your ass." You don't play golf." I'll learn." 1995"Paul? It happened again." Oh, god. The haircut thing?" Yeah. I remember. Once all the gifts had been opened, my family could only stand still completely stunned so I helped myself to the cake that was in the kitchen without any candles or song. I walked back into the living room and took control of the situation with a few quick words – Ok, Janet, go upstairs and throw on that outfit, Ill throw on the boxers you got for me. Mom, here, – I tossed her collar to her – put this on, and take everything else off. Dad, if you still want to live here and keep your business. Bu' God gae wi' ye."On the way down with Heisinger, Igwanda and Amuri she couldn't avoid a small sense of dejá vu. It was a trip she'd made so many times before. But always with Carlos, or almost always, and then with Meier as well, she thought. God, I miss Carlos, and I miss those days, too. If it were only possible to turn back the clock... "I beg your pardon?" she started from her reverie. Igwanda had said something to her, but she'd been so focused on her memories that she'd missed it. ” We had both fallen asleep and I was late starting the chores. I figured that the livestock would forgive me for one day. As I jumped out of bed, I noticed this huge wet spot. Aunt Mary said, “Don’t worry; I will take care of that.”I pulled on my jeans and shoes and headed for the barn.After the chores were finished, I headed for the house. While I had been taking care of the livestock, my mind had been on what had just happened. I could not wait to get back to the house. I walked in an Aunt.