UNEXPECTED FAREWELL

TO CONTINUE- WHEN I SAW LI AHN , I WAS THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH. WE SPENT THE AFTERNOON IN THE PARK IN ANSHAN, ME, HER AND HER FRIEND WHO SPOKE ENGLISH  VERY WELL AND ACTED AS AN OCCASIONAL INTERPRETER SINCE LI AHN'S ENGLISH WAS NOT VERY GOOD. WE CAME BACK TO MY HOTEL, AND AFTER RELAXING
FOR A WHILE ,WE WENT OUT TO DINNER AT A WONDERFUL RESTAURANT IN ANSHAN.
WHEN WE ARRIVED, LI AHN'S CLOSE FRIEND JOINED US AT THE TABLE- I SUPPOSED SHE WANTED TO SEE ME UP CLOSE. OUR MEAL WAS DELICIOUS, WE HAD DONKEY! IT WAS MY FIRST TIME EATING DONKEY- APPARENTLY IT IS A POPULAR DISH IN CHINA- NO- IT DID NOT TASTE LIKE CHICKEN-HA! IT TASTED LIKE WELL- DONKEY  WE ALL HAD A SEVERAL ROUNDS OF COLD CHINESE BEER. WE WERE ALL FEELING HIGH FROM THE BEER AND THE GREAT FOOD.

AFTER DINNER, ALL OF US TOOK A SLOW WALK BACK TO MY HOTEL. IT WAS GETTING LATE AND I ASSUMED I WOULD SEE LI AHN TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE I LEFT FOR NEW YORK, WE KISSED PASSIONATELY IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL AND SAID OUR  WAN AN- THAT IS CHINESE FOR GOOD NIGHT.

I TOLD LI AHN BEFORE WE PARTED THAT NIGHT- THAT I WANTED TO TALK TO HER IN THE MORNING ABOUT SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. IT WAS.
BEFORE I LEFT NEW YORK, I HAD BOUGHT A VERY NICE ONE CARAT DIAMOND RING FOR HER. I WAS GOING TO GIVE IT TO HER IN THE MORNING AND ASK HER TO COME TO NEW YORK ON A FIANCE VISA. WE COULD THEN GET MARRIED SOON AFTER.
I WANTED HER AND HER 14 YEAR DAUGHTER TO COME TO AMERICA- I KNEW WE COULD HAVE A GREAT AND HAPPY LIFE HERE IN THE STATES.

I SLEPT GOOD THAT NIGHT- NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS TO COME THE NEXT DAY.

LIFE IS FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS- THIS WAS A 180 DEGREE ONE.