That idea got all of our attention and JC and the Captain moved a ways from the camp to dicker over the price of such a trip. The men settled on a pri...e of one hundred twenty dollars which included four cabins on the riverboat. We had originally thought we'd be stuck on the barge the Captain pulled with his old side wheeler riverboat, so one-twenty with rooms included sounded as if it were a bargain. Ma and the other women out-did themselves on the super they prepared that night with Captain. Since she was in a military nurses uniform with rank tabs, I knew what kind of hospital I was in. Other than that, I had no clue as to where I was.The nurse said, "Welcome back to the real world. Your at Madigan Military hospital located at Fort Lewis."That surprised me. The hospital they'd sent me to was about one hundred miles from where I'd lived before I went to work for The Department of the Navy. I wondered who'd arranged that little thing.About then, I faded out again. The next time I. Seeing your mom and dad tonight, I know that right now, in this space and time, all I want is to be with you and grow old with you and know for the first time that when my time is up, I won’t be a lonely old man who wondered where he went wrong. I don’t regret working as hard as I have, I’m made my name in the world, I’ve gotten richer than I ever dreamed possible, but what the hell good is money if I don’t have someone to share it with? What the hell good is all the work I’ve done if I don’t. Dad ran a small construction company and it was a good job with pretty good pay. I wasn't the type that would be happy in an office-type job - I had already proved that in school. I hated being inside on nice days and sitting still at a desk was sheer agony for me! So a construction job was a good fit.I had been to Dad's construction office many times and I knew most everyone there. I knew the guys in the work crews and got along with them all. And not just because I was the bosses son, either.