”“As soon as I sat down at the table, two big goons stepped up on either side of me and said, ‘The boss wants to see you.’ Another goon grabbe... Deb by the arm and they started hustling us to the back of the casino. I bent over so I could touch the jewel and I intercepted myself in the parking lot. I was really scared, so I tried to grab myself by the hand to get me to slow down or turn me around or whatever. It felt like an electric shock went through my body and suddenly I was the old me. I. I turned on the headlights as we pulled out again, and started telling Ed what had happened back there. Like I had told him, it was hard to believe.As I was explaining to Ed what had happened, a few minutes later the rain hit. I don’t mean a little rain either. This was a giant gully-washer of a rain storm that literally came out of nowhere, as there hadn’t been any rain projected for the weekend. We continued to drive in it, but slower to avoid an accident. The windshield wipers added a. I don't know. Before dawn the birds began chirping, awaking me. I rose and before long the first rays of a new day were evident in the sky. Colors like the rainbow shown in the early morning light as darkness gave way to light. I placed the cooler and blanket in the car and returned to her grave. Kneeling, my hand caressed the outline of the angel on her stone. I cried. I prayed. I thanked the girl who I thought I was going to marry and grow old with for giving me the chance to love again. . The Asians she was servicing numbered eight men and two women. Along with her regular faculty, town officials, and then the occasional one-night Johnny, she was starting to yawn a lot during the day and looked fatigued and seemed irritable from lack of sleep.I sat her down one afternoon when she finally woke up from the previous night’s work, and she had a few hours of free time. I put my foot down and told her that enough was enough. I told her she was overworked and not getting the sleep she.