." and then she said, "You are very beautiful!" Would you, if she asked?" I said.The girl laughed."Been there… Done that… Took off the T-shirt." S...e took her phone out of the hip pocket of her jeans. Then she held out her hand and introduced herself."Justyna," she said. I shook her hand very formally and we both laughed."Suzy," I said, then added, "With a zed!"Our eyes met again, and then we both knew. And it was so wonderful that we both knew and nothing more needed to be said. Then she. And number two is that I am for damn sure not letting this go. Not letting him go, not if I can help it.Which means, by extension, that we’re going to hole up here for a very long time while I try to give him at least the rudiments of what he needs to know to get along in the world. And that means there’s no way in hell that I’m going back to the firm.I need to make a call. Several calls.It’s pushing at three weeks that I’ve been here, and I didn’t tell anybody where I was going so by now I. The onlyproblem was the way the belt cut into my sides but she just commentedthat losing weight would take care of that problem.To me, her comment sounded like she going to be okay with me like this.When I told her this, she responded that she knew why I was doing this,and both of us had underestimated the contract. Now we had no choice butto try and get through this and keep our love for each other in front ofus and strong.I realized that she was right that I could sulk and be embarrassed. His breath was putrid and his dark black beard and yellow eyes coupled with his muscular physique were very intimidating. John’s head went back in the chair as far as he could pull it back in an effort to get away from him to no avail.Arnie: “Shut the fuck up White boy! Lest you want to take another fuckin’ nap! I have no problem thumpin’ your fuckin’ skull again! Don’t make me do it because I will!”In the thirteen years that Arnold had been pumping gas into John’s car, they had never spoken.