Elyse smiled at me, and I nodded. I was pretty sure what she was going to say.“About a year ago, twice. The first one was when Alice found out about...Penny and Steve, and I thought he was so depressed that he’d go sit on a park bench and freeze to death. The second one was the day Bethany moved to Chicago. They had a minor tiff about church, and he walked away from her and tried to call you to accept your proposal. Fortunately, you weren’t home.”“Say what?” Stephanie gasped.I sighed, “That. ” He said “Have you tried to talk to him?” Monica replied, that she had tried to call but he won’t pick up. Don, I treated him so damn bad over the past couple of years, it’s a wonder he doesn’t burn me at the stake.” Don said, “well, you really didn’t have sex with anyone.” She said, “ Bill Clinton’s definition or everyone else’s definition? I did more than I told him about and I’m ashamed. I don’t want to be labeled as a cheater. It seems that my desire to go outside my marriage for some. My company specialized in the building and restoration of dry walls, walls built without mortar, depending on the size and way the rocks were placed to retain shape. It was a skill not easily learned, and we were the best in the region. My grandfather, before he passed, had struck a deal with the state university system to repair the walls on their five oldest campuses. Some of them were over three hundred years old, in disarray or completely fallen. I had a crew of two master masons and three. The cab let me out in a down town area as I walked up to the floor of Kandys apartment ,I was getting a bit nervous I worried what if Kandy didn't like me , my hand was shaking like a leaf as I knocked at her door , I waited I thought I was going to pass out I was so scared now ,I heard the sound of heels walking towards the door very heavy steps in heels as they got closer I could almost feel the vibration of her steps in the floor the door opened slowly and I gasped out loud as there stood.