We need some time apart to figure out where we go from here. I'd really appreciate it if you were not here when I get home tonight," my wife said in a...tired, bitter voice that was too old for her 21 years. She then got her purse and keys, kissed her mother goodbye and left for work. This was really happening, I was losing my wife. Damnit I deserved better than this! I should have been allowed to explain, been given the benefit of the fucking doubt! I mean if our marriage is not worth that much. )Enishi: "I won't allow this"... Good. The more you burn to protect her, the greater the shock when she's gone--(Kenshin punches him in the stomach. Another blow to the chin sends him flying against a wall.)Enishi (thinking): Where is he getting this strength... Kenshin: Enishi... I will stop you here. I won't let you lay a finger on Miss Kaoru!Enishi: You fool... I'll show you my Earthly Justice!Kaoru: Kenshin!Megumi: Hurry! This is no time to mess around!Kaoru: But, Kenshin's--(Megumi slaps. You can put itback on then."'Doing the Sales' has become a Christmas ritual for my mother, and I havealways hated it. This time, the distaste is doubled by having to changeinto jeans and a hoodie for the rest of the morning. But I find I'moddly curious about what we will be buying. Traditionally, we'vetraipsed around the women's wear section of the local department stores,and for the first time it occurs to me to be interested in the clothes aswe work our way through the racks. My mother. “Give me that sodden kimono, “ I told her.She stared at me balefully.I shook my head. “Fine”I flicked the light off and closed the door. I could her calling after me. “Wait, please wait! NO!”I went to the kitchen and got a cold piece of lasagna from the refrigerator. I stood in the kitchen and ate.I went back to the study and re-opened the bookcase. I turned the light on. The kimono was balled in the corner of the cage. She was huddled with her knees against her chest.I went to the cage. We.