It sounds like you are. I can hear it in your voice and I can see it in your smile. I like Michelle from just meeting her. I think she likes me too." ...'m very lucky to have found her, Merry. Very lucky. In fact, everything that's happened to me since I split with your mother has been good luck. I hope that doesn't sound mean. I don't mean it that way. It's just how things have been. Who would have thought I'd be Vice President and General Manager of this operation in less than a year. I really. If I’d expected some kind of mutual commiseration, I was sorely disappointed. Five minutes in, and it was clear that this group existed to reinforce the system. After the initial meet and greet, we sat down for a long, dull speaker that talked at seemingly unending lengths about ‘contentious service’. I would have zoned out completely, but something in the way he described obedient servitude really got me worked up. I bit my lip and tried to deny it, but the thought of obedience was really. 6 as the father-daughter couple disentwined and the happy man rose to his feet. He caressed his daughter’s cheek and whispered ‘see you later, honey’. Applause accompanied Mr. Rubin as he marched to the steps and mounted the stage. Evelyn met him near stage right and took his hands to draw him close for a hasty whispered one-on-one. ‘Hello, sir, pleased to make your acquaintance…and undoubtedly much more soon to come. For now, we must give them a little tease before we depart. Let’s keep it. As he had said before, he was too old for games.Juan: Cher, you goin' to the dance at the community center on Friday?Me: I hadn't planned on it. You asking me for a date?Juan: If it was a father / daughter dance I would. There are going to be a lot of men that work out on the water there. Be a chance for you to work the kinks out. (he wore another of those huge grins). You know shrimpers and oil men like to dance.Me: I'm just going to stay home and play with myself on Friday.Juan: What a waste..