Shit, did Sam do the hand jive while Frodo slept? He knewGollum did!He staggered out on the parapet, holding the ring on it's chain. Dropthe metallic ...fucker, run down the hill, find the first bar, get drunk,get laid, hell, anything but this shit!But he paused, looking at the ring in a minute worthy of Pekinpah orSpielberg. Why was this ring so fucking important?"The ring! Just throw it in the fire!" Sam screamed.I'll admit, Sam sounds a bit shrill, doesn't he? Frodo looked at thering, then,. It was painful getting up and down without the meds. Without that clumsy, cast it was extremely painful as well.I sat in a chair outside the the x-ray department while they made sure it was acceptable. I waited ten minutes with the pain grown with every tick of the clock. The transporter or med tech, whatever they called her, came out and walked back with me. My guess was that she wasn't just being nice, she was there to make sure I didn't fall, then bring suit against the clinic.I was getting. ..”“I need to think about this. To say I am unhappy about this, well, all I can say is I am unhappy about this,” I said. “But I need to think. Let’s go.”We drove slowly and wordlessly to her place. I didn’t even look at her while we drove. Arriving, I didn’t even try to kiss her, our usual wont. I just waited for her to get out and go up to her apartment. She opened the car’s door, but turned to me for a final word.“Julian, I am not betraying you. I’m not,” she said. I turned to look at her. I. The bus started for Chandigarh at about 10:30 PM and I settled down in my seat comfortably with my vodka mixed with the juice. Just when the bus started to move the bus stopped for about a minute or two and then a lady came and sat next to me.I was a bit disappointed as I felt that I won’t be able to enjoy my drinks and as a result of it I won’t be able to sleep which I intended to We’ve traveled for about 5 to 10 minutes and I was really desperate, so I asked the lady if she minds me drinking.