Hand tools and power tools were handled the same way, and by partnering with another business they were all able to have space to show their products ...while using the same sales force to sell everything in the stores. So our business model changed daily until we had a way to bring in all these businesses and put folks to work, but now these folks would continue to have business to make the businesses break even, too. And once word got out to the smaller communities surrounding the Reservation. My parents got everyone cleaned up and we went to the club to eat and dance. Karen’s parents rode with us while Suzie-Q and Larry rode with my parents. I remarked to Karen that that was a different pairing though I liked it. Karen’s mother overheard me. She said, “Brad, I think your folks are trying to get to know Larry. I know she has been concerned about Suzie since her break up with Matt.”Karen’s dad said, “That situation and how it happened left a bad taste in their mouths. They are trying. Par woh maana nahi aur pyaaz utha liya apne hath.Neetu firse mere kandhe par hath rakh boli: So sweet, kaash tu apna ye bhai mujhe de deti.Neetu ki baate aur baato ke iraade dono hi alag lag rahe the. Pata nahi woh mann mein kya rakh ke bol rahi hai. Tabhi Neetu ki phone baji aur woh boli: Are yaar ye meri saans bhi na, firse call kar rahi hai, ek minute aati hun.Woh ye kah kar waha se nikal gayi. Jaate jaate woh firse mujhe tirchi aankho se pahle dekhi aur is baar aankh maarti hui boli: Aati. Gram led me in. You almost couldn’t recognize her with the bandages and tubes. She was on a ventilator, the machine keeping her alive. I held her hand and talked to her. To this day I don’t remember what I said but it had Gram crying pretty hard. As soon as I left they turned the machines off, She just simply stopped breathing. They only left her as long as they did at my fathers’ insistence. Outside the room I saw my father talking to a doctor. He had him by the arm and wouldn’t let go. ‘If he.