But the conditions for purchase were that it stayed on display at the Muse gallery for six months.
My daddy just looked at me and waited.
"So I arrive at the gallery show and buy the damn portrait within a few moments of seeing it, like a sodding poet or something! As soon as I met her I was ready to send in the guard to keep her safe if need be," I shook my head.
"What happened to me, Daddy?" I asked him.
"When I met your mummy at the first time, when she was talking and playing with my dog, I knew she was the one from the moment she was smiles," My daddy smile slightly.
"So the feeling that way sometimes. Once you find the one for you and that's all there is to it. Men have been falling in love with women since the first time they met for the one began, son. You just finally made it to the head of the queue," Daddy took another drink of his beer.
"But why does she need to be guard as soon you met her? My daddy asked.