“What are you doing, Joy?” Master waited for me to make my order.“Ordering, Sir?”“Are you allowed to order?”“No, sir,” I looked down a... my hands.“Look at me when I am speaking to you. Do you have money to pay for a Patty Melt and fries?”“No, Sir,” I said.“Are you permitted to manage money?”“No, sir,” I admitted.“I am getting tired of one-word answers. Elaborate on why,” Mike insisted I explain myself. I felt a new sense of shame wash over me.“I am too stupid to manage my own money, Sir. I don’t. And twice more it was repeated. As they lay together following the last time, their breathing returning to normal, the room darkened as if a cloud had crossed the moon. Richard looked towards the window and could see that the sky still looked clear, stars making hard points of bright white in the blue-black. Then a tendril of mist slid across the landscape and the moonlight dimmed. More and more of the fog continued to flow until only occasionally would the moon shine into the room as he. A friend of mine was having a party I stopped by to have a few beers and see what was going on it was the usual thing drinking bullshiting as the night wore on I met a guy named John. John was around 6 foot chubby bald average guy he made a comment about my Superman hat and that started the conversation turned out he was a comic book fan too and basically that’s what we talked about toward the end of the night he asked me for my number and said maybe we could get together some time. The next. I didn't drink that much except beer, but I took the Beefeaters and the Scotch.The truck and trailer were loaded, so I made the trip up to the trailer park to empty the house stuff before going to the storage building.I was finished unloading and was unpacking quickly when Betty came in. "Let me help you unpack, Mark. We can get it done quicker. Oh, I like the little desk and chair there. You need a TV stand, though. Are these pictures of your kids and grandkids?"She was full of questions, but.