It was awkward for me to simply stand there. But he had forgotten my presence already.“Stop it, sir, I’m a shy woman,” mom said.“Really? I lov...e shy women,” he said and let go of her hand.“Can we talk about my son’s marks now?” she asked.“Oh yeah, sure. He failed in two subjects. But that won’t be a problem. Please don’t worry. He’ll have a retest next week, and I’ll make sure he passes,” he said and gave mom my report card.“Are you sure? I thought there will be no retests,” mom said.“And I. We would tow the boat to thecourse, play a round of golf, drive to a nearby marinaand Annette and some of her girl friends would meet usfor the one-hour boat ride to the bar. We would pull atube behind the boat for some water sports, drink lotsof Budweiser and probably be somewhat ripped beforeeven getting to “The Stop”. The boys were more than alittle disappointed when Annette showed up solo.All of her friends had previous commitments, so itwould just be 3 and 1. Their hopes of. Walking back over to the side of the driveway, you spot a silver pocket watch in the grass.The watch looks fairly new, but not particularly fancy. There's no cover on the front and there is a silver button on the right as well as a red button on top. Along with the usual hour, minute and second hands, there is a small red hand pointing directly at 12. You fiddle around with the watch a little bit, spinning it around in your hands as you consider whether you really feel like facing the old man. Err ... imagined that you’d want something like this.” I said. “I’m sorry I was doing that without your permission, I was having a dream of my own.”“I never thought you would be into it.” She said shyly. “So what dream were you having? Seemed pretty good if you were enjoying me.”“I met a girl today.” I started. “Her name is Liza.”“Oh, so you have a crush? I should help you two hook up then.” Alicia said.“Not a crush, we did hook up, in the woods behind the school,” I confessed.“Wow. Based off.