This surprised that man, and he started running, too, to escape me. I couldn't help it, I stopped my charge and broke down laughing. The crowd joined ...e, and raucous laughter ran through the stadium. I ran toward the two men running away from me, and the crowd cheered and laughed.By the time I got close to the next man in line, he, too, started running away from me. There were now three men running from me, and it didn't look like that was the end of the fiasco. What the hell? I kept running. Rich sat in the middle.He introduced himself. Coincidently his name was Rich. "Don't call me Dick" he said. He asked her if she had ever done a lap dance before, and she said no. Rich explained the rules of the club to her pretty much along the same lines as the manager had described them. She thought this was very nice of him. It seemed like he didn't want to get her in any trouble. The music started and Ellen stood in front of him swaying to the music. It wasn't terribly sexual; just normal. We can't wear any jewelry in the production areas, no one can. It's a safety issue." What about the other areas of the company?" The restriction is for the production areas only." So does this mean you DON'T want an engagement ring?" I didn't say that." Then you DO want an engagement ring." I didn't say that either." Well do you?" I don't know. Maybe I'll ask Mom tonight, along with the other things I was going to talk to her about." What other things?" The license, the J.P., decorating and. Frustrated, he turned his computer off and decided to go to sleep.Like Brenda, he tossed and turned in his bed for hours. He felt like he was close to a complete nervous breakdown, torn between hope and excitement on one hand, and fear on the other. He was wracked by both fear of the unknown, and fear of not measuring up to Alan. But eventually, like his mother, he fell asleep several hours before sunrise through sheer emotional and physical exhaustion.When he woke up, he looked at the clock.