His gut felt like his ulcers had developed ulcers. His fight to isolate himself from Susan for the last five weeks had created a scab of sorts over hi... pain. Now he felt that scab being slowly and very painful ripped off, leaving the open, putrefying sore.He knew Susan had a brilliant legal mind and courtroom skills to make her a legend... before he had derailed her career. Living with her had taught him that the legal system delivered many things, but rarely justice. He understood she could. It was early Friday night, Brandy staying home after a hard week at work. She wasn’t expecting anyway. She walked over to the speaker in the kitchen. “Yes?”“Ring me up.”She recognized the voice, no need for him to say who he was. It sent a shiver up her spine and a tingling between her legs. “Yes, Sir.” She pushed the button until she heard the door opening.It took Michael a couple of months to find Brandy, her parents not very cooperative, but he finally managed to locate her. Michael had. They had stayed in touch with my parents and still got along very well with each other.I called Christie now and then. Not often, but enough to keep track of how she was doing. Her business was growing nicely and my boast that she would pay off her mortgage on the house in five years wasn't looking so remote any more. I was happy for her. Still no man in her life, but she admitted she wasn't looking very hard. She did take in a business partner and this woman was also living at the house.. He had told me how lucky I was to have her on several occasions. As well, Janice made it plain that he was a serial womanizer. With our alternating schedules and his outside sales calls, he would have the opportunity to be with my wife quite easily. I might be jumping to conclusions, but Andrea's reaction to Janice's name was enough to put Barry up at the top of the list of suspects.I finished examining Andrea's purse and, finding nothing more, put it back where it was. I went back to my study.