even after his daughter eloped with a guitar player twice her age who left her strung out in a reno motel room ; even after she then ran into some especially nasty people and ended up working her sixteen-year-old body on the back streets of vegas ; even after angie and i flew out there and took her away from these nasty people with the assistance of the nevada state police ; even after this sweet apple of his eye blamed the mess she 'd made completely on him ; even after all this george still meets the world with the nervous smile of someone who only knows how to be open and decent and prays that , maybe just once , the world might reward him .