They would get along great with the machine shop guys, everybody would have a good time…but if she quit lying to herself, the real reason would be t...at she’d see Thor. He was unique, and that interested her. She could make a good bet that most people thought he was, to be charitable, homely. But she wasn’t most people, and she liked his looks and his shyness and awkwardness. She wondered what it would be like to talk to him, to have a real conversation. Real conversations were rare for her.. Honestly, I was enjoying that attention which I was getting.Hours passed and we exchanged our numbers and bid goodbye.I wondered if we would be in touch or not. But it faded away until I got his text some days later. He called me and said he was in my town. He told me that he was bored and invited me to attend the function with him. I was not expecting this but it was excited to meet him again.I said yes and went to the hotel that he mentioned where the function was organized.I wore a beautiful. "Okay? You mean him secretly watching you? You thought that was okay?" At this point, the other two were just watching Charlene and me. They probably wanted to know, just like Charlene, what I really thought about her willingness to show off a little. She explained, "Well, he wouldn't have been looking if he hadn't liked what he was seeing. And it's not like his wife is ugly or anything like that - actually she's pretty damn good looking - but he was still watching me." She focused on my. You know my brother Carl works at Elite Jewelry..." And?" Well Jake came in on Wednesday ... and bought a half carat engagement ring ... and I just figured by now..." Sorry Kris, no engagement yet ... I've been out of town." She tried to keep the feeling of dread out of her voice."Allison, I'm so sorry. I just figured Saturday night would be the night ... sorry."Allison cringed as she mentioned last night. Had she gone to the farewell dinner with Jake she'd most likely be engaged now and.