It’s a relief to get out of the city and breathe fresh air. So, at lunch I asked April if we could meet at the park to talk about my “outdoor” p...oposition.I was proactive and was prepared for both a negative or an affirmative response. I began by asking if she would ever consider hiking with me. Nothing heavy duty, just an easy hike in the rolling hillside. She looked intrigued.“If you want to go here is a specific list of what you’ll need to be comfortable.” I handed her the list and after she. The aged scar left from an early razor wound ran the length of his right cheek, ending at the corner of his mouth, making the flesh there puffed and malformed until he smiled, and then one noticed little else but the line of strong golden upper teeth.At the moment, he was not smiling as he sat imperiously behind the massive desk in his "ballroom" sized study, facing his daughter who had walked in to inflict a bit of mental torture on this man whom she despised with a passion."The hell you say!". ‘June!’ She said extending her arm out as far she could. ‘Patrick.’ I took my big rough hands into her small delicate ones and shook. Her light demeanor was welcoming and soothing compared to the anger and annoyance that filled the room. I was a little wet but her entire body had been drenched by the rain and she didn’t seem to mind it at all. ‘You come here often’ she joked breaking the trance I had fell into while shaking her hand. ‘Ah, no actual first time.’ Honestly, it really was my first. We need to talk about things and I need to show you things that we can’t do in a car or at a bowling alley. We’ll have a good time. I promise.” I was very nervous in a good way. I was having an exciting time and was ready to be “brought off” again if that happened. Uncle came to my side of the car, took my hand, led me into a room that he had already arranged. It was a nice room…a couch and a bed and a TV. We sat down. Uncle went to the little refrigerator and took out two beers…Beer.