..”Having gotten to know how timid and reserved she was, he nodded, understanding her meaning but not quite wanting to push the question any further.... “People are more than the things that happen to them, more than the reactions they have to the things that happen.” Her words from a short time before, while they lie on the ground at the park, exhausted and dizzy from spinning, ran through his head. “Watching you dance, Kairi, was beyond amazing. You are beyond amazing.”Her head was down, looking. He couldn't make coherent words for about a minute. Then he exploded."I'm gonna make one more try to be reasonable. One million, after taxes, and you can divorce her right after the election."I let a few seconds go by before I answered."A million bucks? Gee, Let me think about that NO! Not happening, Stanley old boy. You have a nice day, now. Gotta run. Feel free to call anytime."He was still screaming when I hung up. The man was delusional. His career was gone, his 'loving' family probably. The temperature in the room had to be well over a hundred degrees and the sweat from my body caused the wounds to sting even more. I lay there for what seemed like an eternity, my throat parched, my tongue and lips swollen and my mouth as dry as the dessert outside. Snake came into the room, “You gave the girls quite a bit of trouble, I hope you fight me that hard when I get my turn with you; the more you fight the tighter your asshole will get while I rip it in two with my cock. If you happen. Not that he wasn’t a good worker, he just couldn’t keep his big mouth shut, he never could. He was a good man, really, and he loved Darlene as much as I did. I was getting suspicious when he started increasing the payments out of his own volition and had hoped he could hold on to that obviously well-paid job for once — just to learn that he had been fired and on top been imprisoned for embezzlement. I was still trying to make up my mind whether I should visit him in prison. After all we had.