Until then, all of this is just smoke and mirrors, smoke and mirrors,” With those words, the fog began to get thicker, and thicker, and Rachel felt ...erself fading away, going somewhere else...what about the clicking of the red shoes, she thought hazily…click…click…click. Rachel awoke with a start, taking in her surroundings. There she was, still by the lake, a skier coming close to shore giving her a slight shower from the sprays of water. She shivered, more so from the powerful dream than the. But here goes Last year my husband of three decades caught me in an affair, because of family concerns about his mental stability, it was decided many years ago that if I let my husband enjoy being married he would not be compliant with other peoples wish, he would be wanting to get off work and come straight home. This was a plan that was developed by my father in law, I found out it was developed by a committee, my husband was need to be controlled and put in a societal slot, my husband would. The emptiness was made all the more obvious as she listened to him getting ready to leave for the office. She blinked her eyes opened again, staring at the pattern of beams in the ceiling above her. The smell and memory of him from the passionate night they’d shared was still lingering. The scent of sex was still there, mingling with the smell of him. The room was still redolent with the scent in odd contrast to the pleasant beginning of the day. Lazily, memories of the night before drifted. Lee and Darla got on like a house on fire. Lee wasn’t as impressed with the whiny sister, but she tolerated her. Lee was concerned with Darla’s health and asked her, “Darla, if you don’t mind me asking you don’t seem to have recovered from the birth of your daughter?”“No, it is our curse. I believe it is one of the reasons we can’t have children often. It seems to take us forever to get over childbirth. Many Genteli women have a lot of trouble, even having a child. I would love to give Allan.