I drove over on Friday to the trailer park where Rhonda lives. This time I drove right into the park. I noticed several people staring and gawking at the car as I drove through the park. I wasn't sure if they were just admiring the car or if they were pissed off that I was driving through their place with such a fancy car. It took me a few laps to find her trailer. I could have found it sooner but I wasn't about to stop and ask for directions. There was some old truck parked in front of her place and I had no idea who's truck it was. I pulled up in front and was just sitting there for several minutes. I was contemplating whether or not to actually go up to the door. A big part of me was screaming to just get out of there as fast as possible and wait until I hear from her by email or something. I finally decided that I would go knock on the door and just as I was about to open the door, the door to her trailer opened and some redneck looking guy in his late twenties opened the door with a scowl on his face and a baseball bat in his hand and started walking toward the car. I was like wtf... do I start the car and get the hell out of there as fast as I can or do I face this guy? I decided I did not want to run so I opened the door and got out really quickly and said "Hi I'm looking for Rhonda". The guy walked right up to me about 3 feet away and just stood there silent. I repeated to him that I was looking for Rhonda and he was just like a bizarre statue standing there. So I just stood there and stood my ground as was like fine I guess we are just going to stand here and posture for a bit. All of a sudden Rhona bursts out of the door and runs up to us. She puts her hand on this guy's arm and tells him it's ok that she knows me that everything is fine and he can go back inside. She tells him that my name is Rob and she tells me that his name is Kevin and that he is her older brother. He grumbles a bit then puts the bat down and comes back and sticks his hand out to shake it. So I grab his hand and start to shake it and he has a really firm grip and I also gave him a really firm grip and we just stood there squeezing the shit out of each others hands for what seemed like 30 seconds. I can relate it to the feeling of being in an earthquake that only lasts 10 seconds but feels like it lasted for 5 minutes. Finally he releases my hand and says "He seems ok to me so far sis" and then turns and goes back inside. Once he is inside, Rhonda turns to me and throws her arms around my neck and starts to kiss me. She tells me that she missed me and she is sorry she didn't contact me sooner that somehow she misplaced my cell number and she hadn't had a chance to visit the internet cafe in a while. She invited me inside her trailer which I was really hesitant to do. I walk in and there are 2 guys sitting on a couch watching TV drinking beers. There was also a woman there standing in the kitchen cooking something that actually smelled very good. One of the guys of course was Kevin whom I already met and the other guy was named Paul and he was even older. He seemed a bit more mellow but when he noticed me, he stood up abruptly and walked over to me and introduced himself and shook my hand in the same fashion that Kevin did. Before I could even reply, Kevin says "Want a beer and throws a beer at me". I barely caught it and was like wtf that was fucked up. So I say thanks (of course) and crack it open and of course it foams over and some of it spills on the linoleum floor. I was like arghh do you have any paper towels and they both laughed. Then Kevin says "Hey ma, Rob here is a slob, wipe up the floor" and she comes over and wipes up the floor like some kind of slave. I was quite taken aback by the thing. I drank my beer pretty quick, wasn't thrilled about being there in the first place. Rhonda said she was had to go to work in 30 minutes so I was like ok, well I just wanted to drop by and say hi and I gave her my cell phone number again then left. I am still trying to process everything that happened.
