So here we were, two for the open road with no place fixed to stay for the night with a ‘see when we get there’ kind of attitude.We’d stopped a ...ew times at road-restaurants which had been fun and liberating for us both and after which I’d become plain ‘Brad’ and she’d become ‘Racey’.By mid afternoon we were deep into the big scenic outdoors, with tree-covered hills, deep valleys and mountains.We’d began thinking of a stopover place to fully relax in when a roadside sign announced we were. He put his hands in his pockets and leaned against a wall and she wondered what would happen if she got rid of the towel. "I called home. Hannah sends you her love and wants you to help me buy her a gift"."I'll do my best. How's Maddy?" She's fine. She is baking all kinds of cookies and of course her sisters try hard to spoil Hannah now that we're not there to stop them".Jen smiled at the thought and Devlin took a step towards her. A small voice inside her head was saying, "Yes. Let him touch. Ich habe einenVorschlag f?r dich. Am Wochenende, also ab ?bermorgen, findet ein gro?esFest statt. Eine der Angestellten ist krank geworden, und wir brauchenErsatz. Du m?sstest Betten machen, aufr?umen und solche Dinge. Und anden Abenden bedienen. Da das bis weit in die Nacht gehen kann, bist duwohl erst im Laufe des Montags zur?ck.Zwei Tage arbeiten, Kleidung wird gestellt und du darfst sie behalten,Essen auch inklusive, plus 500,- bar auf die Hand. Interessiert?"Ich nickte wild mit dem Kopf. ’ I’m not sure where that saying came from but, it reminds me that my story is about one man’s life with all the variations and is not about some pity request. I was going to leave this story alone, keeping it just about a single man’s strength of will and intent to raise his son in safety. This is a true story for the most part and, while about 90% of it is true there are some aspects of this story that I invented due to lack of memory and a need to keep the flow of the story. Oh, and who said.