As he opened the door he heard an old-fashioned bell ring and was just looking up at the bell attached over the door when he heard a loud "AAAACHOOO!"...from somewhere in the back followed shortly by the sound of someone blowing their nose, and blowing, and blowing. When all the commotion finally stopped an old man dressed in a tattered old bathrobe slowly staggered from the back room and headed towards the counter sniffling all the way. When he reached the counter he stood there with a glassy. ’ ‘That’s the only reason I’ll ever need for that worthless ass.’ ‘Cole do be quiet. Ariel tell us what happened.’ Ariel took a deep breath thinking of ow she was going to explain this to her parents. ‘Well, like I told you when I left Danny, he is abusive and I never wanted to see him again.’ Ariel waited for her dad to stop muttering obscenities under his breath about what would happen if Danny tried to touch her again, ‘When I got home from work he was sitting in the driveway. I called this. Tom sighed heavily; he really did hate beans. Princess Deegrinned when she heard him sigh. She knew he was not happy with herselections but that he was not going to fight her now. He was resigninghimself to his situation. After he put the bags in his cart, Princess Deetold him to go to the medicine aisle, as he would need vitamins tosupplement his new diet.As Tom turned the corner into the main aisle, he heard a familiar voicesay "Oh, hello Tom. I didn't know you shopped here."Tom stopped dead. I’m having trouble with slicing.”“Normal for a first-timer, and not all that uncommon amongst amateurs. It just takes a lot of practice. After a few more lessons, we’ll play a round. Of course, once the weather turns, golf is out unless we go to Myrtle Beach or someplace warm like that. What did you think?”“Ask me when we play,” I replied. “It’s kind of like trying to judge what karate would be like from the first lesson.”“Did Ron tell you to come next Monday?”“Yes.”“Good. We’ll have dinner.