"What's going on?", I askedher."You'll see. Let's get you dressed."Patty fussed over me just like she had done last Saturday.When I was dressed, she s...id, "Wait here, I'll be rightback." And, she ran out the door. She was back in a fewminutes, and said, "Lets go." I followed her out the doorand towards the club. We walked in and the whole place wasdecorated for a wedding. One of the "girls" turned on a taperecorder, and the wedding march started, I felt someone takemy arm, looked, and it was. ’ Susan wasn’t real sure what he meant, ‘Into what, into the idea that I’d like to pay you back?’ Shawn was getting mad, maybe a little fidgety. He didn’t want to be paid back. Being paid cheapened everything he’d done. She needed to understand money was the last thing he wanted, ‘You can’t pay me back. There’s no discussion on that. Hear me, no discussion.’ Susan wanted more, ‘Well I can’t let you walk away without something. I mean. I feel obligated to do something.’ Shawn knew what he. He also was responsible for grading and paving the parking lot. My Uncle Bruno had another foreman that did all the interior finish work. He divided the interior space up into individual stores and completed them to the tenant's specifications.It worked well. My father, the other foreman and my uncle made a lot of money.I went to work as a mason's helper after school and on summer vacation. It was fun and I made some spending money. Now let me tell you about being a "helper" I started out. I stood there despondent, my chest tight and my belly burning in a feeling of loss I had no right to feel, and finally I looked over to Julie, who was clearly downcast at my sudden interest in another woman. “I’ll buy the next round,” she said sadly. “Same brand?”“Sure,” I said, and followed her feeling all the sorrows of the world in my heart. Before Julie turned back to me I mentally grabbed myself by the shoulders and shook sense into myself, burying the feeling of loss and simple stupidity.