All Jan had was her mind and heart. She fought for each hour of sanity knowing that the battlefield was somewhere deep in her soul. She sensed that vi...tory was within her grasp and knew from her own visage the cost of defeat.As addicts will tell you, each day is its own battle and each battle has its own price. Jan began to win those daily battles and slowly regained the strength the constant combat had leached from her.One of the first things that Jan realized after she became fully cognizant. His great grandfather had emigrated from Poland at the end of the nineteenth century and found work in a steel mill in Cleveland. He was an astute character and quickly realised that Polaks, as they were called, were not highly regarded. Lumbered with one of those long Polish names involving an unpronounceable combination of szcz’s and prz’s he decided to anglicise his name and as his original Polish name began with the letters WA, he opted for Watson. So, as Simon laughingly added, we were. . and Jenni, Ted, Grace and the others, the barges, the sea."He squeezed her hand. "I didn't intend for it to be another test for you, though." It is my family, Jamie. If you had not said you wanted my father's blessing, I wouldn't have tried again, but now, I can do no other."The shop was the same ... but different; there was a ramp up to the door, which was wider; metal shutters, at that time retracted into boxes above windows and doors, had been fitted. Inside, things seemed ... brighter,. That night after I fucked her she was looking very sad.Me: What happened, darling?She: I got the visa for the USA.Me: You should be happy now you can go with your husband.She: (angry face) You know that I am in love with you.Me: I know that, but we knew it from the beginning that we will get separated as soon as you go to the USA.She: Yes, but I was not knowing that I will start loving you this much.Me: What you want to do now?She: Well before I go I want something from you.Me: What do you.