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Chapter 26

           ButrealityshatteredthesetestswhenhearrivedthereandfoundVirginiawasfeelingalittlegrouchyherselfandthetwogirlsnotthatcrazytoseehimbecausetheyhadbeenpromisedaweekendvisitwithsomegirlfriendsonaCaliforniaranchwheretheycouldridehorses.

           HetoldVirginiatosendthegirlsofftotheranchandkissedthemgood-byewithanamusedsmile.Heunderstoodthemsowell.Whatkidwouldn’trathergoridinghorsesonaranchthanhangaroundwithagrouchyfatherwhopickedhisownspotsasafather.HesaidtoVirginia,"I’llhaveafewdrinksandthenI’llshoveofftoo."

           "Allright,"shesaid.Shewashavingoneofherbaddays,rare,butrecognizable.Itwasn’ttooeasyforherleadingthiskindoflife.

           Shesawhimtakinganextralargedrink."Whatareyoucheeringyourselfupfor?"Virginiaasked."Everythingisgoingsobeautifullyforyou.Ineverdreamedyouhaditinyoutobesuchagoodbusinessman."

           Johnnysmiledather."It’snotsohard,"hesaid.Atthesametimehewasthinking,sothat’swhatwaswrong.HeunderstoodwomenandheunderstoodnowthatVirginiawasdownbecauseshethoughthewashavingeverythinghisownway.Womenreallyhatedseeingtheirmendoingtoowell.Itirritatedthem.Itmadethemlesssureoftheholdtheyexertedoverthemthroughaffection,sexualcustomormarriageties.Somoretocheerherupthanvoicehisowncomplaints,Johnnysaid,"WhatthehelldifferencedoesitmakeifIcan’tsing."

           Virginia’svoicewasannoyed.

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