In 1987, the month of January I think, was an interesting month. Ruth (as usual) had a boyfriend named Benjamin Wihat. Ruth just loved him as far as I know. It was pretty obvious. She would always talk about him. She insisted I meet him so I told her I would soon. Whenever she was around him she didn’t have a care in the world she told me. One night when she came over, her arms looked like she was about to have an amputation to both arms! I asked her about it but she said she was playing football with some of her friends and got bruised. Now I had never seen Benjamin so I didn’t know but I started to feel like Ruth wasn’t telling me the truth.
The next month was February and I was starting to get mixed feelings about this Benjamin guy. Ruth was coming over with him for dinner because it was her “Suite 16” as she called it. I was both excited and scared to meet Benjamin and I don’t know why. As the night went on I started to like Benjamin more and more. But, when I learned that he was 20 years old I wanted to Ring Ruth’s little neck. I was about to say something until I looked at Ruth’s face she gave me that If-You-Say-Something-I-Will-Kill-You kind of look. So I just smiled and said great. As long as she is happy I’m happy. Feb. 14, 1987. Valentines Day!! Ruth, Benjamin, and I were going out to lunch. We were going to a fancy Restaurant called Finique I think. Benjamin seemed different