That's not to say it was a bad offer." So what was it?" another man asked."I don't want to go into too much detail. That would spoil the surprise," he...responded with obvious amusement. "I'll tell you this, though. When I was getting ready to go with Joe, my youngest daughter who was fourteen at the time, decided she couldn't bear to live the way we were going to have to live. She ran away."We couldn't find her, and Joe had only a narrow window of opportunity to get my family off-planet. We had. The ones you are wearing are just too …” Klaus struggled to find the word.“Cheap,” Jake obliged with a small frown. “I told you, I don’t have any money. I dress the way I dress because I cannot afford much else, and damn if I am going to feel bad about it, only because you’re a bastard coming from money.”He had said all that in one breath. Now that he was down from the high of his release from earlier, he had to face the harsh reality. Klaus was out of his league, even if, through some miracle,. It’s hard to be in a civil much less happy mood when you constantly hurt. It wears on you. Then there’s the anxiety that comes from the fallout of the illness. I.E. paying bills with little money. Trying to maintain relationships. Worries about the future and if you have one.Every now and then though, things ease up a bit. You don’t hurt so much. You’re mind is a little clearer and you find a smile on your face. That’s me at the moment. My head hurts and I had to leave work early because I went. So I went there, and to my surprise, there was no one except the soon-to-be bride. I enquired where they all were and she said they went to another place and the place was in lockdown so they cannot make it back that day. I didn’t have much time, I thought I could clean and leave the keys with him and go back to Mangalore. But now it is not possible, I called him, and explained my situation.Hearing our conversation, Aadra (the bride) politely said that she will help me clean the place. Even.