“I came to say how much I appreciated your hospitality while I was here. A friend will be picking me up early tomorrow to take me to the airport a...d I was afraid I would not see your or Dr. Adams.” “It has been our pleasure (with a slight slur I noticed). We will miss having you around.” “Well, I wanted to give you some gifts from Portugal as a way to show my appreciation. Please give this Galo De Barcelos Cork to Dr. Adams for me. He will find it useful on those evenings when you. Lorraine got married on the 7th; today was the 15th. Giovanni had been a roller coaster - sometime he was cheerful and chipper and at others he was ill-tempered. I would have called the whole thing off, but then I would see that bulge of his and talked myself out of it. The theory, after all, was his mood sucked because he wasn't getting laid."True." I nodded and gestured to the table. "Ok. Come on." Here?" Juan sounded shocked. "On the table?" You mind the dining room, Grumpy?" I asked. She placed her hands on my shoulders and arched her back, then leaned in against me and whispered into my ear“Let’s party.”“How much?” I inquired.Once again, she placed her finger across my lips.“Don’t talk,” she instructed.Damn. Usually, most strippers I had ever encountered wanted to get the pricing for lap dances, or private parties out of the way up front. I was very limited in funds and said as much.Again, she placed her finger over my mouth, this time more forcfully and said, “Don’t. When our son, Jimmy turned five Shannon had received her degree in Business Management. She said she was going to look for a part-time job since all the kids were in school.We argued about it a little but Shannon was right; she spent the last ten years of her life changing diapers and being home with the kids. She wanted to be around some adults once in a while.I was an ok father and did help watch the kids when I was home. I spent most of my time working and trying to provide for my family. I.