On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:24:24 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:
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> She thanked me and wheeled her suitcase to wherever she was going to
> spend the night. I went back to my nice hotel room and had another
> gin. By this time Louise was very annoyed with me. I told her and
> the other couple we'd be best leaving the talk until the morning when
> I was sober.
>
> In the morning we packed up and drove to our friends house in LaGrange
> Park. I was asked about what the hell had happened the night before.
> Between the ride and the brunch conversation I was branded the jerk
> for not giving the woman the money to get home. Louise and the other
> woman both had tears in their eyes.
>
> Being over served didn't help, but I'll never know what "really"
> happened that night, if she was telling the truth, or if I did the
> right thing.
>
> Lou

you did the right thing, lou. even if everything she told you was a pack
of lies, she was hungry and you fed her. the right thing under any code of
conduct.

your pal,
blake