This told me several things: first, I was unable to really deny the woman I loved anything of any substance. Second, she had an ulterior motive. Final...y, she was telling me, in unspoken words, that I would get the full briefing later, and I ought to simply go along with her as she spun her web, and all would be made clear later. If this played out true to past form, I would be very enthusiastic about her scheme, once I was brought into the plan. But, I’m a guy. Sometimes, I’m kinda slow on the. ‘Areeya, that’s crazy, I am none of those things.’ ‘James, we disagree. We think you are and we wish to say thank you for your courage.’ I kissed her and mumbled a thank you in return. Alex stood outside the bar beaming from ear to ear. She took my arm and helped me up the step into the bar itself. ‘It’s just a little party to welcome you back,’ she whispered. ‘Just a few friends and so on.’ I spotted Pao who waved happily, came across and gave me a kiss. ‘We glad to see you Mister James.’. Earlier in the evening my car had suffered mechanical troubles so, I was out of the show for the night. Instead of racing, I was wandering around the pit area socializing with my friends and competitors.One of those friends pointed out a young lady hanging out in a pit several slots down from my disabled car. She was with one of the rookie competitors, and seemed to be quite confused by her surroundings. Being the friendly, and horny, type that I am, I wandered over and introduced myself.Her. He had done a tune-up, plugs, points and general fine-tuning only three months before. Mr. Foster had a very good reputation in town as an honest man; his son was a good friend of mine. My dad talked to him and Mr. Foster told him that if he, my dad, did not buy it, he might. He told my dad what he thought it was worth, the owner had offered it to dad for the amount he was going to get as a trade-in. It was worth almost 50% more than that.My dad offered to buy it for me. I would have to pay for.