There were rocking chairs, and recliners facing the stove creating a "hypotenuse" of sorts. Everyone sat around that night... too tired and sore to e...en make it to bed, chatting and joking, and laughing with each other. Ronnie and I had a sofa to ourselves. It was the sofa we usually slept on -- I sat as far back on it as possible, cross-legged as I usually sat, and still do today. Ronnie sat right tight up against me, and we had a blanket over us, as did my Mother, and my Grandparents. . We were all wasted. I pulled in her parking garage and she said you guys are welcome to take the hideabed in the living room. Thats ok, my wife said as we got out to walk her up to her place. Sissy opened the door and my wife said I need to use the bathroom real quick and headed down the hall. Sissy asked me if I wanted a drink and I said oh just one more I guess. I loaded a bowl while she got me a beer. We smoked out and the wife came back down the hall bouncing off the walls a bit. Maybe we. He was really nasty, called me a slut, tart, whore, and all that. Said I didn’t know what I was missing, and then that he was going to dump me as I wasn’t any good in bed anyway. Oh Lena he was so vicious. Every word he said was like a knife and hurt terribly. He left me crying in that room and I had to hide away for half an hour before I could carry on.’ ‘Jo, why didn’t you tell me. I knew something was wrong but I didn’t want to pry.’ ‘You were so happy, everything was going so well with Mike. After every one gorged themselves the boys headed back to the field and Shelly went back to the barn.Beth and Robin put the food away and cleaned up the kitchen.I said, "when you girls finish come in the bedroom. I want to chat with you a bit."Beth said, "are we in trouble Pa?"I said, "oh no, I just want to talk." oh good, then we'll be there in a few minutes."I went in and laid on the bed. I put my pillow against the headboard and leaned back. It felt good to just lay there and relax.A few.