Company dinners were not his thing. His idea of the perfect New Years was a night with his girl, and heaven help anyone who tried to prevent him from getting just that.

She was tired of falling down with no one there to pick her up. "Everybody knows you tried; everybody knows it's alright. You get some right, you get some wrong - there will be a day to smile again."

What could he do to make her see the truth? He was sick of seeing her feeling miserable, and he just wanted her to realize that he was there, no matter what. "I think I'm ugly, and nobody wants to love me."